Background
Barta grew up in West Berlin, skating from the age of three, joined at the age of five with junior club Berlin Schlittschuhclub.
Barta grew up in West Berlin, skating from the age of three, joined at the age of five with junior club Berlin Schlittschuhclub.
He is currently playing for European Research Council Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He re-joined the Panthers from fellow DEL club, the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers. Due to the better prospects, he moved as a 13 year-old in the youth section of the Eisbären Berlin.
At the age of 17 years Barta went to the Swedish junior league for Mora IK. After one year he returned to Germany and signed a contract with the Heilbronner European Commission. He played as a winger for two years in the 2nd Bundesliga, where he developed into one of the top performers in the team
In the 2000-2001 season, Barta transferred for the league rivals South Carolina Bietigheim-Bissingen on the ice, one year later he accepted an offer of Kölner Haie and made his debut appearances in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. First, Barta was loaned to its affiliates partner EV Duisburg, but during the season he established himself as a winger in the fourth row of the Sharks.
At the end of the season the Berliner celebrated the German championship. However, in order to get more ice time he moved to the Augsburger Panther, for whom he played three years.
Since the season 2005-2006 the attacker played at European Research Council Ingolstadt, with whom he in the first two years play-offs reached there but was eliminated in each case in the quarterfinals.
Since the 2012-2013 season he returned to play again for European Research Council Ingolstadt.
