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Adalbert Steiner

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Adalbert Steiner
Personal information
Date of birth (1907-01-24)24 January 1907
Place of birth Temesvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 10 December 1984(1984-12-10) (aged 77)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1921–1922 Unirea Timișoara
1922–1924 Chinezul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924–1929 Chinezul Timișoara[a] 32 (0)
1929–1930 CA Timișoara
International career
1926–1930 Romania 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adalbert Steiner II (24 January 1907 – 10 December 1984) was a Romanian football defender.

Club career

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His career in club football was spent at Unirea Timișoara between 1921 and 1922, he played at Chinezul Timișoara from 1922 until 1929 where he won three Divizia A titles and he finished his career in 1929–1930 at CA Timișoara.[1]

International career

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Adalbert Steiner played ten games for Romania.[2] He and his brother Rudolf made their debut together in a 3–1 away victory against Turkey in 1926.[2][3][4] Adalbert played two games at the 1929–31 Balkan Cup, a tournament that was won by Romania.[2] He was part of Romania's squad at the 1930 World Cup playing in the first game, a 3–1 victory against Peru in which he got an injury from which he never recovered, ending his career.[2][5][6]

Personal life

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His father, Karl Steiner was an engineer that was born in Bohemia who settled in Temesvár where he got married and had eight children.[7][8] One of Adalbert's brothers, Rudolf Steiner was also a footballer, they played together at Chinezul Timișoara and Romania's national team.[9]

Honours

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Chinezul Timișoara

Romania

Notes

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  1. ^ Only the statistics for the 1925–26 and 1926–27 Divizia A seasons are available.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Adalbert Steiner at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Adalbert Steiner". European Football. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Rudolf Steiner". European Football. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Turkey - Romania 1:3". European Football. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Peru - Romania 1:3". European Football. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Descoperire unică: poveștile și arhiva foto din Uruguay 1930 ale românului care a marcat într-un picior în primul nostru meci la un Mondial" [Unique discovery: the stories and photo archive from Uruguay 1930 of the Romanian who scored with one foot in our first match at a World Cup] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Nostalgii timişorene: Povestea uzinei de gaz din Timişoara, apărută în 1858" [Timisoara nostalgia: The story of the gas plant in Timisoara, built in 1858] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  8. ^ "ÎN AMINTIREA LEGENDELOR: Adalbert Steiner, Chinezul Timișoara" [IN MEMORY OF THE LEGENDS: Adalbert Steiner, Chinezul Timisoara] (in Romanian). Ripensiatimisoara.ro. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Cel mai ghinionist timişorean de la Montevideo. Povestea lui Adalbert Steiner, care nu a jucat decât o repriză la primul campionat mondial de fotbal" [The most unlucky Timisoara resident in Montevideo. The story of Adalbert Steiner, who only played one half at the first world football championship] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Balkan Cup 1929–31". European Football. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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