Ion Barbu (footballer, born 1938)

Ion Barbu
Personal information
Date of birth	24 December 1938
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Date of death	2 May 2011 (aged 72)
Place of death	Piteşti, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954–1957	Locomotiva Craiova
1957–1959	Dinamo Obor București
1959–1970	FC Argeş Piteşti
1970–1971	Beşiktaş
1971–1974	Argeş Piteşti
Total
International career
1966–1968	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion "Bebe" Barbu (24 December 1938 – 2 May 2011) was a Romanian international football defender who played for clubs in Romania and Turkey.

Career

Born in Craiova, Barbu started playing football for Lokomotiva Craiova and Dinamo Obor București. In 1959, he joined FC Argeş Piteşti, where he would play for 13 seasons, appearing in 224 league matches and winning the Romanian league in the 1971–72 season.^[1]

In 1970, Barbu moved to Turkey to join Beşiktaş J.K.^[2] He made 20 appearances in the Süper Lig during the 1970–71 season.

He was the first FC Argeş player to be allowed to play outside of Romania during the communist regime.

Barbu made seven appearances for the Romania national football team.^[3]

Death

He died in a Piteşti hospital on 2 May 2011.^[1]

Honours

FC Argeş Piteşti

Liga I: 1971–72

Individual

Romanian Footballer of the Year (fifth place): 1968 (shared with Narcis Coman)

References

^ ^a ^b Adrian, Dragomir (2 May 2011). "Încă un campion printre îngeri-Bebe Barbu a pierdut meciul cu viața" (in Romanian). Argeseanul.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
^ Gheorghiu, Lucian (11 September 2011). "Pe timpul lui Ceauşescu fotbaliştii români au invadat Turcia" (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro.
^ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1960–1969 – Details". RSSSF.

External links

Ion Barbu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Ion Barbu at National-Football-Teams.com
Ion Barbu at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)

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[Obit-1] Adrian, Dragomir (2 May 2011). "Încă un campion printre îngeri-Bebe Barbu a pierdut meciul cu viața" (in Romanian). Argeseanul.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.

[2] Gheorghiu, Lucian (11 September 2011). "Pe timpul lui Ceauşescu fotbaliştii români au invadat Turcia" (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro.

[3] Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1960–1969 – Details". RSSSF.

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