Florea Birtașu

Florea Birtașu (1 February 1930 – 9 February 2018) was a Romanian football goalkeeper.

Club career
Florea Birtașu was born on 1 February 1930, starting to play football in 1950 at Flacăra Roșie București. 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. Afterwards he went to play for CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc, then in 1954 he signed for Dinamo București which he helped win the first Divizia A title in the clubs history in 1955, being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in 18 games. Afterwards 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. 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. 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.

International career
Florea Birtașu played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Ștefan Dobay in a 1–0 loss against Czechoslovakia at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers. His following two games were friendlies, a 1–0 victory against Norway and a 4–1 loss against Sweden.

Death
Birtașu died on 9 February 2018 at age 88.

Honours
Dinamo București Progresul București
 * Divizia A: 1955
 * Cupa României: 1959–60