Rudolf Rupec
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 | ||
Place of birth | Grubišno Polje, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1983 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1920 | Rapid Wien | 68 | (1) |
1920–1923 | Građanski Zagreb | 62 | (6) |
International career | |||
1917–1918 | Austria | 10 | (0) |
1920–1924 | Kingdom of SCS | 9 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1938 | HAŠK Zagreb | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rudolf Rupec (17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 – 1 July 1983) was a Croatian footballer who played for the national teams of Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He also competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
Club career
[edit]He began his career at SK Rapid Wien in 1911 and from 1913 to 1920 was on the club's first squad. In 1920 he joined a top Croatian side HŠK Građanski Zagreb. He played with the club until the end of his career in 1928. With the club he won the national championship of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1923 and 1926.
International career
[edit]During the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Rupec played ten matches for the Austria national football team.[2] Rupec was part of the Kingdom's first national team, and had 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was at a May 1924 Olympic Games match against Uruguay.[3]
He later coached HAŠK Zagreb to the national championship in 1938. He died in the summer of 1983 at the age of 87 in Zagreb.
References
[edit]- ^ "Rudolf Rupec". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Players Appearing for Two or More Countries
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
External links
[edit]- Rudolf Rupec at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rudolf Rupec at EU-Football.info
- Rudolf Rupec at Olympics.com
- Rudolf Rupec at Olympedia
- Rudolf Rupec at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Profile at Serbian federation[dead link] - date of birth 17.9.1895
- Profile at rapidarchiv - date of birth 17.11.1896
- Profile at FIFA - date of birth 17.11.1896
- National team data at RSSSF - date of birth 17.11.1896
- 1890s births
- 1983 deaths
- People from Grubišno Polje
- People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
- Men's association football defenders
- Austrian men's footballers
- Austria men's international footballers
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Yugoslavia men's international footballers
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
- Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- SK Rapid Wien players
- HŠK Građanski Zagreb players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Yugoslav football managers
- Sport in Bjelovar-Bilogora County