Ilie Bărbulescu

Ilie Bărbulescu (born 24 June 1957, Pitesti, Arges county ) is a former Romanian football player and current coach. He played a total of 357 games in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A, and came up with five internationals. Bărbulescu won in 1986 with Steaua Bucharest the European Champions Cup.

Career as a player

Bărbulescu began playing football in his home town of Pitesti FC Arges. In 1974, he moved at the age of 17 years in the first team and came on November 9, 1974 against FCM Resita to its first use in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A. In his second season, he was first-team regular and was instrumental role in ensuring that the FC Arges won the championship in 1979 and one year had been achieved before the runner.

After the FC Arges in the season 1981/82 on the previous success was not able, Bărbulescu left the club and moved to FC Olt Scorniceşti. In the summer of 1983 he was admitted as a student at the University of Craiova, Universitatea Craiova, however, be changing to failed due to the objection of Lică Bărbulescu a brother Nicolae Ceausescu.

Even in the winter break of the 1983/84 season he left the FC Olt again and joined Petrolul Ploiesti on that fought at that time against relegation. This could Petrolul but not prevent with Bărbulescu.

In 1984 Bărbulescu was given the opportunity to switch to Steaua Bucharest, one of Europe's best clubs at that time. In the three years that he remained in Bucharest, he could retract his greatest successes. In addition to three league titles and two cup victories succeeded in 1986 by winning the European Champions' Cup, the greatest success of a Romanian association at all. In the same year, the European Supercup followed.

After Bărbulescu not more regularly came into use, he returned in 1987 to Petrolul Ploiesti back. Here he was but neither used as Arges Pitesti FC, ​​to which he moved in the winter break 1987/88. After two more stations in Divizia B at Dacia Pitesti and Callatis Mangalia he ended his active career in 1991.

National

Bărbulescu came to five appearances for the Romanian national football team, but does not score a goal. His first international game he played on May 13, 1979 against Cyprus. The other missions followed sporadically until 1987.

Career as a coach

Bărbulescu worked as a coach in the youth field Arges Pitesti FC in 2005. He is currently working as a youth coach for Steaua Bucharest.

Successes as a player

• European Cup Winners ' Cup: 1986
• UEFA Super Cup winner: 1986
• Romanian champion: 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987
• Romanian Cup Winners: 1985, 1987

Others

Ilie Bărbulescu is the father of Andrei Bărbulescu (* 1984), which had as a central defender in the 2007/ 08 season in the league III captain of the second team of FC Arges Pitesti and debuted in the first team for the cup tie against CS Concordia Chiajna.