Iuliu Baratky

Gyula Barátky / Iuliu Baratky

Personal information
Date of birth	14 May 1910
Place of birth	Nagyvárad, Bihar County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (present-day Oradea, Romania)
Date of death	14 April 1962 (aged 51)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1922–1927	Stăruința Oradea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1927–1928	Stăruința Oradea	–	(–)
1928–1930	CA Oradea	–	(–)
1930–1933	Hungária	–	(52)
1933–1936	Crișana Oradea	51	(30)
1936–1944[1]	Rapid București^1	86	(61)
1944	Carmen București^1	0	(0)
1944–1945	Rapid București^1	0	(0)
1946–1947	Libertatea Oradea	16	(9)
1947–1948	RATA Târgu Mureș	2	(0)
National team
1930–1933	Hungary	9	(0)
1933–1940[2]	Romania	20	(14)
Teams managed
1941–1945	FC Rapid București (Player/coach)
1946–1947	Libertatea Oradea (Player/coach)
1947–1949	RATA Târgu Mureș (Player/coach)
1948	Romania
1952–1953	FC Dinamo București
1953–1954	Progresul Oradea
1957–1959	FC Dinamo București
1959–1962	FC Dinamo București (Youth coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gyula Barátky (Romanian: Iuliu Baratky; 14 May 1910, Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary – 14 April 1962, Bucharest, Romania) was a football player who had represented both Hungary and Romania. 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 football team (under the name Gyula Barátky) for which he played nine games (no goals scored). In 1933, he started to play for the Romania national football 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 Romanian national team.

Stories about his skills are still a source of pride for Rapid București supporters. Hundreds of thousands 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 Baratky plays a central role.

References

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.

External links

• Iuliu Baratky's profile on romaniansoccer.ro
• Iuliu Baratky, minunea blondă a Giuleștiului
• România și Ungaria și-au disputat minunea blondă