Adalbert Deșu
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| Full name | Béla Dezső / Adalbert Deşu | ||
| Position(s) | Inside Left | ||
Adalbert Deşu (Hungarian: Béla Dezső - born March 24, 1909 in Gátalja (Gătaia), Austria-Hungary (now Romania) — died June 6, 1937 in Timişoara) was a Romanian football striker. He was a member of Romania national football team which competed at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay. Deşu was also the first scorer of Romania at a FIFA World Cup.
Career
Adalbert Deşu started his football career in his hometown, Gătaia, but after a while he moved to Reşiţa, playing for two years at UDR. In 1929, he was called up to the Romania national football team for the first time, scoring in a friendly against Bulgaria. He was also picked up for the Romanian team which competed in 1930 FIFA World Cup. The chairman of the club where he played, Wolfgang Auschnit, refused to pay him the salary in the period of the World Cup[2]. After the World Cup, Deşu eventually left the club because of the chairman. Deşu scored Romania's first goal against Peru, and played his last match for the national team in the second match of that World Cup for Romania, against Uruguay. After the World Cup, he signed with Banatul Timişoara, but in 1933 he retired from football because of pneumonia. In 1937, he died of pneumonia, aged 28.
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