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Florea Birtașu (1 February 1930 – 9 February 2018) was a Romanian football goalkeeper.[1][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 February 1930[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Romania[2] | ||
| Date of death | 9 February 2018 (aged 88)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1950 | Flacăra Roșie București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951 | Flacăra București | 12 | (0) |
| 1952–1953 | CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc | 11 | (0) |
| 1954–1956 | Dinamo București | 46 | (0) |
| 1957–1960 | Progresul București[a] | 27 | (0) |
| 1960–1965 | CFR Roșiori | ||
| Total | 96 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1953–1955 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Florea Birtașu was born on 1 February 1930, starting to play football in 1950 at Flacăra Roșie București.[2] In 1951 he moved to Flacăra București where under the guidance of coach Gheorghe Bărbulescu he made his Divizia A debut on 16 June 1951 in a 0–0 with CCA București.[2][4] Afterwards he went to play for CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc, then in 1954 he signed for Dinamo București, his first performance with the club was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu did not use him in the eventual 2–0 loss in front of Metalul Reșița.[2][5] In the following season, Birtașu helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, being used by Niculescu in 18 games.[2][6] He played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray, helping The Red Dogs go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Birtașu making two appearances in the campaign.[2][7] In 1957 he went to play for Progresul București, winning with the club the 1959–60 Cupa României but coach Augustin Botescu did not use him in the 2–0 win from the final with Dinamo Obor București.[2][8][9] In 1960, after gaining a total of 96 Divizia A appearances, Birtașu went to play for CFR Roșiori in Divizia B for a few years.[1][2][8]
Florea Birtașu played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Ștefan Dobay in a 1–0 loss in front of Czechoslovakia at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.[10][11] His following two games were friendlies, a 1–0 victory against Norway and a 4–1 loss with Sweden.[10]
Dinamo București
Progresul București
- The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Progresul București are not official.[2]
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