Andrei Bărbulescu was born on 16 October 1909 in Slatina, Romania and he started playing football at the junior squads of Venus București in 1924.[2] In 1927, he went to play for Juventus București where he made his debut in senior football on 6 April 1930, coach György Hlavay using him all the minutes in a 2–2 with Maccabi București from the regional championship.[6][7] The team won the regional championship and qualified for the national championship, Bărbulescu playing in the 4–2 win over Mihai Viteazul Chișinău from the semi-finals but Hlavay did not use him in the 3–0 victory with Gloria Arad from the final, as the club won the first national title in its history with Bărbulescu making a total of three appearances in the regional and national championships together.[8][9] In the following regional championship, he scored his first official goal on 23 October 1930 in a 5–2 victory with Sportul Studențesc București, finding the net eight times until the end of the season, including scoring two braces in two victories against Turda București and again Sportul Studențesc.[10] After one more season in which he made 12 regional league appearances and scored a goal in a 3–3 with CFR București, 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.[2][11] In the following season, Bărbulescu was used in 13 league games by coach Karoly Weszter, as the club won the title.[2][8][12] He won another title in the 1936–37, this time under the guidance of coach Ferenc Plattkó who gave him 21 appearances in which he scored two goals.[2][8][12] Between 1938 and 1940 he helped the club win two consecutive league titles, both with coach Béla Jánosy, Bărbulescu contributing with 15 appearances with one goal scored in the first one and four matches with three goals in the second.[2][8][12] In 1940 he went to play for Sportul Studențesc București where he played his Divizia A match on 18 May 1941 in a 2–1 home victory over Gloria CFR Galați, afterwards returning to play Venus, ending his career after a few years.[2]
International career
Andrei Bărbulescu played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 25 August 1935 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 away loss in front of Germany.[13][14] He was selected by coaches Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the 1938 World Cup.[13][15] He did not appear in the first game against Cuba, which ended 3–3 but Bărbulescu played in the replay which ended with a surprisingly 2–1 loss.[13][15][16][17]
Ice hockey career
Club career
Andrei Bărbulescu started playing ice hockey in 1932 at Tenis Club Roman București, playing as a right winger, alongside Constantin Cantacuzino, winning the Romanian Hockey League from his first season.[5][18][19] Afterwards he went for one season at Telefon Club București, then moving to HC Bragadiru București where he reunited with Cantacuzino, also playing alongside Robert Sadowski, winning another Romanian Hockey League title.[5][20][21] In 1938, Bărbulescu went to play for Venus București, spending seven years with them, winning a title in 1944.[5][22] After a spell at Petrolul București, Andrei Bărbulescu ended his career in 1952 at Știința Cluj.[5]
