Constantin Barbu

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Jean Barbu
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-05-16) 16 May 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Galaţi, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Argeș Pitești (sporting counselor)
Youth career
CSŞ Galaţi
0000–1991 CS Aripi Piteşti
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Dacia Piteşti
1992–1998 Argeş Piteşti 181 (89)
1997Samsung Bluewings (loan) 6 (2)
1999 Rapid București 14 (9)
2000–2002 Numancia 42 (6)
2001–2002Rapid București (loan) 9 (5)
2002–2003 Argeş Piteşti 1 (0)
2003–2004 Dacia Mioveni 17 (8)
Total270(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.

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Club career

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

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

Romania national team
YearAppsGoals
199721
199811
Total32
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barbu goal.
List of international goals scored by Constantin Barbu [6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
6 September 1997 Sportpark, Eschen, LiechtensteinFlag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 7–08–1 1998 World Cup qualification
8 April 1998 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, RomaniaFlag of Greece.svg  Greece 2–02–1 Friendly

Personal life

Constantin Barbu is the father of footballer Cătălin Barbu who also started his career at FC Argeș Pitești. [7]

Honours

Dacia Pitești

Argeș Pitești

Rapid București

Individual

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References

  1. El Numancia hunde más al Atlético (Numancia sink Atlético further); Marca, 25 March 2000 (in Spanish)
  2. El Numancia acaricia la salvación tras ganar al Espanyol (Numancia caressing salvation after defeating Espanyol); El País, 7 May 2000 (in Spanish)
  3. El Alavés entra en lista de espera (Alavés join waiting list); El País, 15 May 2000 (in Spanish)
  4. Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. La Federación deniega la licencia de comunitarios a cinco jugadores (Federation denies EU-licence to five players); El País, 26 January 2001 (in Spanish)
  6. "Constantin Barbu". European Football. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  7. "Cătălin Barbu, aproape de Liga 1! Cum a motivat Argeşul despărţirea de fiul lui Jean Barbu şi unde a ajuns atacantul". liga2.prosport.ro. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.