Eduard Liviu Bartales

{{short description|Romanian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eduard Liviu Bartales

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| fullname = Eduard Liviu Bartales

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1954|5|15|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|11|28|1954|5|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

| death_place = Bucharest, Romania

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Progresul București

| years1 = 1973–1978 | clubs1 = Rapid București{{efn|name="RAP"|Only statistics for the 1973–74 Divizia A season are available.}} | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1976–1977 | clubs2 = → Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = | clubs3 = Gloria Reșița | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = | clubs4 = FEPA 74 Bârlad | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = | clubs5 = Chimia Turnu Măgurele | caps5 = | goals5 =

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Eduard Liviu Bartales ({{langx|it|Bartelli}}; 15 May 1954 – 28 November 2013) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.{{cite web | url=https://www.prosport.ro/sport-life/special/rapid-din-nou-in-doliu-liviu-bartales-s-a-stins-din-viata-la-doar-59-de-ani-11727956 | title=Rapid, din nou în doliu. Liviu Bartales s-a stins din viață la doar 59 de ani| publisher=Prosport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Rapid, in mourning again. Liviu Bartales passed away at only 59 years old| date=30 November 2013| access-date=3 November 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.prosport.ro/sport-life/special/rapid-din-nou-in-doliu-liviu-bartales-s-a-stins-din-viata-la-doar-59-de-ani-11727956 | title=Fostul jucator rapidist Eduard Liviu Bartales a incetat din viata| publisher=Romaniansoccer.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Former Rapid player Eduard Liviu Bartales has died| date=28 November 2013| access-date=3 November 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.mediafax.ro/sport/fostul-jucator-rapidist-eduard-liviu-bartales-a-incetat-din-viata-11728733 | title=Fostul jucator rapidist Eduard Liviu Bartales a incetat din viata| publisher=Romaniansoccer.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Former Rapid player Eduard Liviu Bartales has died| date=28 November 2013| access-date=3 November 2020}}{{WorldFootball|eduard-bartales}}

His father was an Italian named Nicola Bartelli who settled in Romania, but the Communist authorities made him change his name to Nicolae Bartales, in order to "sound more Romanian".{{cite web | url=http://1923.ro/2020/05/poveste-liviu-bartales/ | title=Liviu Bartales, oprit de fanii Rapidului să meargă la Dinamo!| publisher=1923.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Liviu Bartales, stopped by Rapid fans to go to Dinamo!| date=3 May 2020| access-date=3 November 2020}}{{cite web | url=http://arhiva.roasit.ro/img/revista-nr10/Siamo_di_nouvo_insieme-nr10.pdf | title=Siamo di nuovo insieme nr.10| publisher=Arhiva.roasit.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=We are together again nr.10| date=December 2008| access-date=3 November 2020}} Eduard Liviu Bartales died on 28 November 2013, aged 59, in Bucharest, Romania. His funeral took place on 1 December at the Cimitirul Străuleşti.