Carol Bartha
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 September 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Oradea, Kingdom of Romania | ||
| Date of death | 7 December 1976 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Oradea, Romania | ||
| Position | 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 | ||
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* 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.
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 under coach Béla Guttmann in a 2–0 home win over CFR București.[1][2][3][4] 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][5][6] His first performance with the club was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu used him the entire match in the eventual 2–0 loss to Metalul Reșița.[1][2][3][7] Then in the following season he helped the club win its first title, being used by Niculescu in 11 matches in which he scored four goals.[1][2][3][8][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 to Energia Recolta Târgu Mureș, totaling 168 matches with 60 goals 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 for Romania, making his debut on 6 June 1948 when coach Petre Steinbach sent him at half-time to replace Andrei Mercea in a 9–0 loss to Hungary in the 1948 Balkan Cup.[5][9][10][11] His following four matches were at the same competition, scoring the victory goal from a penalty in a 2–1 win over Czechoslovakia.[5][9][10] 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.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carol Bartha goal.[9][10]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 July 1948 | Stadionul Giulești, București, Romania |  Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |