Iuliu Baratky

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

Gyula Barátky / Iuliu Baratky

Barátky in the 1930s
Personal information
Date of birth	(1910-05-14)14 May 1910
Place of birth	Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	14 April 1962(1962-04-14) (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	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1928	Stăruința Oradea
1928–1930	CA Oradea
1930–1933	Hungária	82	(51)
1933–1936	Crișana Oradea	51	(30)
1936–1944[1]	Rapid București1	86	(61)
1944	Carmen București1	0	(0)
1944–1945	Rapid București1	0	(0)
1946–1947	Libertatea Oradea	16	(9)
1947–1948	RATA Târgu Mureș	2	(0)
Total		237	(151)
National team
1930–1933	Hungary	9	(0)
1933–1940[2]	Romania	20	(14)
Teams managed
1941–1945	Rapid București (Player/coach)
1946–1947	Libertatea Oradea (Player/coach)
1947–1949	RATA Târgu Mureș (Player/coach)
1948	Romania
1949–1950	Universitatea Cluj
1952–1953	Dinamo București
1954	Progresul Oradea
1957–1959	Dinamo București
1959–1962	Dinamo București (Youth coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 in 1930, and played nine games with 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 Barátky plays a central role.