Carol Bartha

Carol Bartha (Bartha Károly; 19 September 1923 – 7 December 1976) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career
Carol Bartha was born on 19 September 1923 in Oradea, Kingdom of Romania. 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. In 1948, Bartha went to play at newly founded club Dinamo București where on 21 November 1948 he was used all the minutes by coach Coloman Braun-Bogdan in the first ever CSCA – Dinamo derby which ended with a 1–0 victory. 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 in front of Metalul Reșița, 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. 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 in front of Energia Recolta Târgu Mureş, 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
Carol 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 in order to replace Andrei Mercea in a 9–0 loss in front of Hungary at the 1948 Balkan Cup, a competition in which he played his first five matches, scoring the victory goal from a penalty in a 2–1 with Czechoslovakia. He made his last appearance for the national team on 23 October 1949 in a friendly which ended 1–1 with Albania.

International goals

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

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

Honours
Dinamo București
 * Divizia A: 1955
 * Cupa României runner-up: 1954