Iuliu Baratky

Gyula Barátky / Iuliu Baratky
	Barátky in the 1930s
Personal information
Date of birth	14 May 1910
Place of birth	Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	14 April 1962 (aged 51)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1922–1927	Stăruința Oradea
Senior career*
Years	Team
1927–1928	Stăruința Oradea
1928–1930	CA Oradea
1930–1933	Hungária
1933–1936	Crișana Oradea
1936–1944	Rapid București1
1944	Carmen București1
1944–1945	Rapid București1
1946–1947	Libertatea Oradea
1947–1948	RATA Târgu Mureș
Total
International career
1930–1933	Hungary
1933–1940	Romania
Managerial career
1941–1945	Rapid București (player-coach)
1946–1947	Libertatea Oradea (player-coach)
1947–1949	RATA Târgu Mureș (player-coach)
1948	Romania
1949–1951	Universitatea Cluj
1952–1953	Dinamo București
1954	Progresul Oradea
1957–1959	Dinamo București
1959–1962	Dinamo București (youth coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gyula Barátky (Romanian: Iuliu Baratky; 14 May 1910 – 14 April 1962) was footballer who represented both Hungary and Romania internationally. His preferred position was the half right.

He played a total of 155 games in the national Romanian championships (scoring 100 goals), starting on 10 September 1933 (Venus București – Crișana Oradea 0–1). He won four Romanian Cups in 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, all with Rapid București.

He debuted in the Hungary national team in 1930, and played nine games with no goals scored. In 1933, he started to play for the Romania national team, for which he played 20 games and scored 13 goals. He appeared in the 1938 World Cup, scoring a goal against Cuba.

After his last game (Oțelul Reșița – RATA Târgu Mureș 5–3), he coached RATA Târgu Mureș for a while and, for a very short term, the Romania national team.

Stories about his skills are still a source of pride for Rapid București supporters. Hundreds of thousands^{[citation needed]} read Finala se joacă azi ("The final is played today") or Glasul roților de tren ("Voice of the train wheels"), written by Ioan Chirilă, an important Romanian sports writer, in which Barátky plays a central role.

Honours

Player

Hungária

Magyar Kupa: 1931–32

Rapid București

Cupa României (6): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42

Coach

Rapid București

Cupa României: 1940–41, 1941–42

Dinamo București

Cupa României: 1958–59

References

^ ^{^1}The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Rapid București and Carmen București are not official.
^ "Iuliu Baratky – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

External links

Iuliu Baratky at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Iuliu Baratky at National-Football-Teams.com
Iuliu Baratky, minunea blondă a Giuleștiului Archived 29 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
România și Ungaria și-au disputat minunea blondă

[1] {^1}The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Rapid București and Carmen București are not official.

[2] "Iuliu Baratky – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

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