Carol Bartha

Not to be confused with Iosif Bartha.

Carol Bartha
Personal information
Date of birth (1923-09-19)19 September 1923
Place of birth Oradea, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death 7 December 1976(1976-12-07) (aged 53)
Place of death Oradea, Romania
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 Ciocanul București 48 (21)
1948–1955 Dinamo București 119 (35)
1955–1958 Progresul Oradea[a] 1 (0)
1960–1961 Voința Oradea
Total 168 (60)
International career‡
1948–1949 Romania 7 (1)
Managerial career
1957–1958 Progresul Oradea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 November 2019

Carol Bartha (Hungarian: Bartha Károly; 19 September 1923 – 7 December 1976) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Carol Bartha was born on 19 September 1923 in Oradea, Kingdom of Romania.[1][2][3] He started playing football at Ciocanul București, making his Divizia A debut on 8 September 1946 in a 2–0 home win over CFR București.[1][2][3] In 1948, Bartha went to play at newly founded club Dinamo București where on 21 November 1948 he was used all the minutes by coach Coloman Braun-Bogdan in the first ever CSCA – Dinamo derby which ended with a 1–0 victory.[1][2][4][5] His first performance with the club was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu used him all the minutes in the eventual 2–0 loss in front of Metalul Reșița, then in the following season he helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, being used by Niculescu in 11 matches in which he scored four goals.[1][2][3][6][7] In 1957 Bartha returned to his hometown to play for Progresul Oradea where on 3 October 1957 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 3–2 home loss in front of Energia Recolta Târgu Mureş, having a total of 168 matches with 60 goals scored in the competition.[1][2][3] He ended his career in 1961 after playing in the Romanian lower leagues for Voința Oradea.[1]

International career

Carol Bartha played seven matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 6 June 1948 when coach Petre Steinbach sent him on the field at half-time in order to replace Andrei Mercea in a 9–0 loss in front of Hungary at the 1948 Balkan Cup, a competition in which he played his first five matches, scoring the victory goal from a penalty in a 2–1 with Czechoslovakia.[4][8][9][10] He made his last appearance for the national team on 23 October 1949 in a friendly which ended 1–1 with Albania.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carol Bartha goal.[8][9]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 July 1948 Stadionul Giulești, București, Romania  Czechoslovakia 2–1 2–1 Friendly

Death

Carol Bartha died on 7 December 1976 at age 53 in his native town, Oradea.[1][2][8]

Honours

Dinamo București

Notes

  1. ^ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Progresul Oradea are not official.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Carol Bartha at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Carol Bartha at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d "S-au născut pe 19 septembrie" [They were born on 19 September] (in Romanian). Echipedetraditie.ro. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "O mie de zile de rușine pentru Dinamo București! Prezentul "câinilor" scrie pagina de coșmar a istoriei clubului în raport cu echipa națională! Concluziile unei analize în premieră" [A thousand days of shame for Dinamo Bucharest! The present "dogs" write the nightmare page of the club's history in relation to the national team! The findings of a first-of-its-kind analysis.] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Dinamo jucase doar 10 meciuri oficiale când a bătut-o pe Steaua, în primul derby" [Dinamo had only played 10 official matches when they won against Steaua in the first derby] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1954". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d "Carol Bartha". European Football. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Romania 2-1 Czechoslovakia". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Hungary 9-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2024.