Andrei Bărbulescu

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. In 1927, he joined Juventus București where he made his debut in senior football on 6 April 1930, as coach György Hlavay used him the entire match in a 2–2 draw against Maccabi București in the regional championship. Bărbulescu made one more appearance in the regional championship, as the team won it and qualified to the national championship. He played in the 4–2 win over Mihai Viteazul Chișinău in the semi-finals, but Hlavay did not use him in the 3–0 victory against Gloria Arad in the final, as the club won the first national title in its history. 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. In the following season, Bărbulescu was used in 13 league games by coach Karoly Weszter, as the club won the title. He won another title in the 1936–37 season, this time under the guidance of coach Ferenc Plattkó who…

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. Then he moved to HC Bragadiru București where he reunited with Cantacuzino, also playing alongside Robert Sadowski, winning another Romanian Hockey League title. 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.

International career

Bărbulescu represented Romania's national team in the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships where he made one appearance, as the team finished in 7th place.

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