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 as of 6 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals 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

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 joined the newly founded club Dinamo București where on 21 November 1948, coach Coloman Braun-Bogdan played him for the entire duration of the first ever CSCA – Dinamo derby that 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 to Metalul Reșița.[1][2][3][6] 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][7][6] 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 to Energia Recolta Târgu Mureș, 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

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 to replace Andrei Mercea in a 9–0 loss to Hungary in the 1948 Balkan Cup.[4][8][9][10] His following four matches were at the same competition, scoring the victory goal from a penalty in a 2–1 win over Czechoslovakia.[4][8][9] He made his last appearance for the national team on 23 October 1949 in a friendly that ended in a 1–1 draw against 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

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 j Carol Bartha at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Carol Bartha at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e "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 c "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 c "Romanian Cup - Season 1954". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Carol Bartha". European Football. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Romania 2-1 Czechoslovakia". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Hungary 9-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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