Rudolf Bürger
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 October 1908 | ||
Place of birth | Temesvár, Austria–Hungary | ||
Date of death | 20 January 1980 | (aged 71)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1920–1923 | ESE Timişoara | ||
1923 | CS Tricolor Timişoara | ||
1924 | ETC Timişoara | ||
1924–1926 | Chinezul Timişoara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1926–1930 | Chinezul Timişoara | N/A | (N/A) |
1930–1941 | Ripensia Timişoara | 122 | (0) |
International career | |||
1929–1939[1] | Romania | 34 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1939–1940 | Ripensia Timişoara | ||
1942–1946 | Politehnica Timişoara | ||
1946–1948 | CAM Timișoara | ||
1948–1950 | ASA Timişoara | ||
1950 | Politehnica Timişoara | ||
1951–1952 | Electroputere Craiova | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rudolf Bürger (31 October 1908 – 20 January 1980) was a Romanian international footballer and coach of German ethnicity in the 1920s and 1930s who is one of a few men who participated in each of the three pre-War FIFA World Cups.
Bürger played football for Ripensia Timişoara, the first professional team in Romania which came to prominence after 1932 under the direction of Rudolf Wetzer[2][3] and was strong in the 1930s.[4][5]
Wetzer was both captain and coach of the Romanian national team at the 1930 World Cup. Bürger did not play in the 2nd World Cup but made appearances in both the first and third editions of the competition.[6]
Honours
Player
- Chinezul Timişoara
- Ripensia Timişoara
References
- ^ "Rudolf Bürger – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ Chinezul Timisoara – Ripensia Timisoara 1934-09-16
- ^ Ripensia Timisoara – Chinezul Timisoara 1935-09-22
- ^ Ripensia Timisoara
- ^ Cupa României din 1933 – 1934
- ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/roem-players-wc.html
External links
- Rudolf Bürger at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Rudolf Bürger at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from May 2011
- 1908 births
- 1980 deaths
- Sportspeople from Timișoara
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Chinezul Timișoara players
- FC Ripensia Timișoara players
- Liga I players
- Romanian football managers
- FC Politehnica Timișoara managers
- FC Ripensia Timișoara managers
- 1930 FIFA World Cup players
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Romanian people of German descent
- Association football defenders