Carol Bartha (; 19 September 1923 – 7 December 1976) was a

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n footballer who played as a

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Club career

Bartha was born on 19 September 1923 in

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. He started playing football at Ciocanul București, making his

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

debut on 8 September 1946 in a 2–0 home win over

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. In 1948, Bartha went to play at newly founded club

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where on 21 November 1948, coach

Coloman Braun-Bogdan Coloman Braun-Bogdan (13 October 1905 – 15 March 1983) was a Romanian football midfielder and football manager. Playing career Coloman Braun-Bogdan was born on 13 October 1905 in Arad, Arad County, which was at the time part of Austria-Hunga ...

played him for the entire duration of the first ever CSCA – Dinamo derby that ended with a 1–0 victory. His first performance with the club was reaching the

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where coach

Angelo Niculescu Angelo Niculescu (1 October 1921 – 20 June 2015) was a Romanian football player and manager. He is best remembered in Romania for being the national team's coach at the 1970 World Cup and for inventing the "temporizare" ("delaying") tactics ...

used him all the minutes in the eventual 2–0 loss to Metalul Reșița. Then in the following season he helped the club win the first

title in its history, being used by Niculescu in 11 matches in which he scored four goals. 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. He ended his career in 1961 after playing in the Romanian lower leagues for Voința Oradea.

International career

Bartha played seven matches at international level for

, making his debut on 6 June 1948 when coach

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sent him on the field at half-time to replace

Andrei Mercea Andrei Mercea (16 March 1925 – 24 January 2002) was a Romanian football forward. Club career Andrei Mercea was born on 16 March 1925 in Arad, Romania and started playing junior level football at local clubs SG Arad and Gloria Arad. He start ...

in a 9–0 loss to

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in the

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. His following four matches were at the same competition, scoring the victory goal from a penalty in a 2–1 win over

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. He made his last appearance for the national team on 23 October 1949 in a friendly that ended in a 1–1 draw against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Carol Bartha goal''.

Death

Bartha died on 7 December 1976 at age 53 in his native town, Oradea.

Honours

Dinamo București *

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runner-up:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartha, Carol 1923 births 1976 deaths Footballers from Oradea Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Maccabi București players FC Dinamo București players Club Atletic Oradea players Romanian football managers Club Atletic Oradea managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen