Ion Barbu

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

Playing career Barbu was born on 14 May 1977 in Scornicești, Romania and began playing football at age 9, under the guidance of his father at Recolta Chițeasca. At 14, he started playing senior-level football for Olt Scornicești in Divizia B, and later moved to Drobeta-Turnu Severin in the same league. At the end of his first top-flight season, Farul was relegated to Divizia B, but Barbu stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after one year. Barbu made four appearances in the 2006 Intertoto Cup, helping the team 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. In 2009, Farul was relegated once again to the second league where he played for three more seasons. In the 2016–17 Liga IV season he was player-coach at Farul, helping it gain promotion to Liga III. He worked only at Farul, when the team was in the lower leagues, having several spells as head coach or assistant.

Honours Player Farul Constanța Cupa României runner-up: 2004–05 Liga IV: 2016–17 Manager Farul Constanța Liga IV: 2016–17