Andrei Bărbulescu

Andrei Bărbulescu (16 October 1909 – 30 July 1987) was a Romanian football midfielder who played for Romania in the 1938 World Cup. He also played ice hockey, representing the national team in the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships.

Football career Club career Bărbulescu was born on 16 October 1909 in Slatina, Romania and began playing football at the junior squads of Venus București in 1924. Bărbulescu made one more appearance in the regional championship, as the team won it and qualified to the national championship. In the following regional championship, he scored his first official goal on 23 October 1930 in a 5–2 win over Sportul Studențesc București, finding the net eight times until the end of the season, including scoring two doubles in two victories against Turda București and Sportul Studențesc. In his last season at Juventus, he made 12 regional league appearances and scored one goal in a 3–3 draw against CFR București. Afterwards, Bărbulescu went back to play for Venus București, making his debut on 25 September 1932 in a Divizia A 2–0 home win over RGMT Timișoara. He won another title in the 1936–37 season, this time under the guidance of coach Ferenc Plattkó who gave him 21 appearances in which he scored two goals. He was selected by coaches Alexandru Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated in the 1938 World Cup. He did not appear in the first game against Cuba, that ended in a 3–3 draw, but Bărbulescu played in the replay which ended in a surprising 2–1 loss.

Ice hockey career Club career Bărbulescu started playing ice hockey as a right winger in 1932 at Tenis Club Roman București, alongside Constantin Cantacuzino, winning the Romanian Hockey League in his first season. Afterwards he went for one season at Telefon Club București. In 1938, Bărbulescu went to play for Venus București, spending seven years with them, winning a title in 1944. After a spell at Petrolul București, Andrei Bărbulescu ended his career in 1952 at Știința Cluj.

Death Bărbulescu died on 30 July 1987 at age 77.

Honours Footballer Juventus București Divizia A: 1929–30 Venus București Divizia A: 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40

Ice hockey player Tenis Club Roman București Romanian Hockey League: 1933 HC Bragadiru București Romanian Hockey League: 1936 Venus București Romanian Hockey League: 1944