Constantin Barbu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 May 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Galaţi, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Argeș Pitești (sporting counselor) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSŞ Galaţi | |||
| –1991 | CS Aripi Piteşti | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Dacia Piteşti | ||
| 1992–1998 | Argeş Piteşti | 181 | (89) |
| 1997 | → Samsung Bluewings (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 1999 | Rapid București | 14 | (9) |
| 2000–2002 | Numancia | 42 | (6) |
| 2001–2002 | → Rapid București (loan) | 9 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Argeş Piteşti | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Dacia Mioveni | 17 | (8) |
| Total | 270 | (119) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Romania | 3 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Constantin "Jean" Barbu (born 16 May 1971) is a Romanian retired professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Galaţi, Galați County, Barbu started his professional career with Argeş Piteşti, helping it achieve promotion from the second division in 1994 while scoring 89 goals during his seven-season spell (safe for a short spell with South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings).
Midway through 1998–99, Barbu signed with Rapid București, helping the capital club to the Liga I title with eight goals in only 11 matches. He was also crowned the competition's top scorer the previous campaign with 21 for Argeş Piteşti, despite missing several games due to his time in Asia.
For 1999–2000, Barbu moved to Spain and joined La Liga strugglers Numancia. He netted six times during that season, helping the Soria side barely avoid relegation.[1][2][3][4] During his second year – which he finished with Rapid – he was joined by compatriot Laurenţiu Roşu.[5]
Barbu retired in 2004 after spells with old team Argeş and Dacia Mioveni, the last in the second level. With Rapid, he appeared in two UEFA Champions League matches and scored once, adding six appearances in the UEFA Cup (four goals, for Piteşti).
International career
[edit | edit source]Barbu won three caps for Romania, his first being on 6 September 1997 in an 8–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification away trouncing of Liechtenstein, in which he scored.
He also netted in his last, against Greece.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]| Romania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 2 |
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barbu goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Sportpark, Eschen, Liechtenstein | File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein | 7–0 | 8–1 | 1998 World Cup qualification | |
| 8 April 1998 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Constantin Barbu is the father of footballer Cătălin Barbu who also started his career at FC Argeș Pitești.[7]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Dacia Pitești
Argeș Pitești
Rapid București
- Divizia A: 1998–99
- Cupa României runner-up: 1998–99
- Supercupa României: 1999
Individual
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ El Numancia hunde más al Atlético (Numancia sink Atlético further); Marca, 25 March 2000 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Numancia acaricia la salvación tras ganar al Espanyol (Numancia caressing salvation after defeating Espanyol); El País, 7 May 2000 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Alavés entra en lista de espera (Alavés join waiting list); El País, 15 May 2000 (in Spanish)
- ^ Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ La Federación deniega la licencia de comunitarios a cinco jugadores (Federation denies EU-licence to five players); El País, 26 January 2001 (in Spanish)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Constantin Barbu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Constantin Barbu at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Constantin Barbu at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Constantin Barbu – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- FC Dacia Pitești players
- FC Argeș Pitești players
- FC Rapid București players
- CS Mioveni players
- K League 1 players
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- CD Numancia players
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Footballers from Galați