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Ion Barbu (footballer, born 1977)

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Ion Barbu
Personal information
Full name Ion Barbu
Date of birth (1977-05-14) 14 May 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Scornicești, Romania
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Recolta Chițeasca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Olt Scornicești
Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Constructorul-Universitatea Craiova
1999–2000 Politehnica Iași 12 (1)
2000–2012 Farul Constanța 254 (14)
2016–2017 Farul Constanța 1 (1)
Total 267 (16)
Managerial career
2012 Farul Constanța
2014 Farul Constanța (assistant)
2014 Farul Constanța (assistant)
2014–2015 Farul Constanța
2015–2016 Farul Constanța (assistant)
2016–2017 Farul Constanța
2017–2018 Farul Constanța (assistant)
2018 Farul Constanța
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Barbu (born 14 May 1977 in Scornicești, Olt County) is a Romanian former professional footballer and currently a manager.

Playing career

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Ion Barbu was born on 14 May 1977 in Scornicești, Romania, starting to play football at age 9, under the guidance of his father at Recolta Chițeasca.[1][2][3] Afterwards, aged 14 he went to play senior level football for Olt Scornicești in Divizia B, then moving to Drobeta-Turnu Severin in the same league.[2][3] He went for a while at Universitatea Craiova's satellite, Constructorul where he worked with coaches Nicolae Tilihoi and Silviu Lung.[2][3] He arrived in 1999 at Politehnica Iași in Divizia B, then in the middle of the season he left the team to sign with Farul Constanța where on 4 March 2000 he made his Divizia A debut in a 1–1 with Astra Ploiești.[1][2][3] At the end of his first top-flight season, Farul relegated to Divizia B but Barbu stayed with the club, helping it promote back to the first league after one year.[1] In the following years he played constantly for the club, becoming its captain, a highlight being the reaching of the 2005 Cupa României final where coach Petre Grigoraș used him all the minutes in the 1–0 loss with Dinamo București.[4][5] In 2006 he started to play in European competitions, making four appearances in the Intertoto Cup, helping the club eliminate FK Pobeda and Lokomotiv Plovdiv in the first two rounds, being eliminated in the third one by Auxerre against whom he did not play.[1][6] In 2009, Farul relegated once again to the second league where he played for three more seasons.[1] Ion Barbu has a total of 189 matches with nine goals scored in Divizia A, all of them for Farul and during an interview he gave for Prosport, Barbu said that the most important goal he scored in his career was against international goalkeeper Florin Prunea in a 2–1 win over FCM Bacău which helped Farul earn important points in the fight to avoid relegation.[1][2]

Managerial career

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Ion Barbu started working as head coach at Farul Constanța in 2012, while the club was in Liga II.[7] In the 2016–17 Liga IV season he was player-coach at Farul, helping it promote to Liga III.[8][9] He worked only at Farul, when the team was in the lower leagues, having several spells as head coach or assistant.[10]

Honours

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Player

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Farul Constanța

Manager

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Farul Constanța

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Ion Barbu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ion Barbu: "Visez să antrenez Farul în Liga 1"" [Ion Barbu: "I dream of coaching Farul in Liga 1"] (in Romanian). Liga2.propsort.ro. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ion Barbu, un farist 100%" [Ion Barbu, a 100% Farul fan] (in Romanian). Telegrafonline.ro. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 2004–2005". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Cum își duc traiul așii de Cupă ai Farului" [How the Farul Aces of the Cup make a living] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Finala Cupei UEFA-Intertoto" [The final of the UEFA-Intertoto] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    "Farul, cea mai bună performanță europeană, în urmă cu 28 de ani, în Cupa Intertoto!" [Farul, the best European performance, 28 years ago, in the Intertoto Cup!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    "Ion Barbu. UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006/2007". WorldFootball. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Antrenorul Ion Barbu: "Farul nu face blaturi, mergem la Tulcea să câștigăm"" [Coach Ion Barbu: "Farul does not do fixed matches, we're going to Tulcea to win"] (in Romanian). Cugetliber.ro. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b c ""Unicul căpitan", ajuns la borna 47. La Mulţi Ani, Ion Barbu!" ["The only captain", arrived at terminal 47. Happy Birthday, Ion Barbu!] (in Romanian). Cugetliber.ro. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Trei ani de când SSC Farul Constanța a promovat în Liga a 3-a. Cum a evoluat Farul din 2016 încoace" [Three years since SSC Farul Constanța promoted to the third League. How has Farul evolved since 2016] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Astăzi este ziua de naștere a lui Ion Barbu, antrenor secund la SSC Farul Constanța" [Today is the birthday of Ion Barbu, assistant coach at SSC Farul Constanța] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    "Ion Barbu, din nou la SSC Farul Constanța" [Ion Barbu, again at SSC Farul Constanța] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    "Ion Barbu a revenit la Farul" [Ion Barbu returned to Farul] (in Romanian). Telegrafonline.ro. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    "Ion Barbu a revenit la SSC Farul! Funcția pe care o va ocupa în staff fostul antrenor principal" [Ion Barbu returned to SSC Farul! The position that the former head coach will occupy on the staff] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
    "Farul s-a reaprins cu Ion Barbu pe bancă. Antrenorul constănțenilor explică ce a schimbat la echipă după ce l-a înlocuit pe Ilie Stan" [Farul came back to light with Ion Barbu on the bench. The coach of Constanta explains what he changed in the team after replacing Ilie Stan] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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