Adalbert Kovács
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 28 September 1920||
Place of birth | Timișoara, Romania[1] | ||
Date of death | August 1999[2] | (aged 78)||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker[1] | ||
Youth career | |||
1933–1934 | Electrica Timișoara | ||
1934–1939 | Chinezul Timișoara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1940 | Chinezul Timișoara | ||
1942–1945 | Kaposvár | ||
1946–1953 | Flamura Roşie Arad | 123 | (63) |
1954–1956 | Locomotiva Timișoara | 49 | (17) |
Total | 172 | (80) | |
National team | |||
1947–1948 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2020 |
Adalbert Kovács (28 September 1920 – August 1999) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker.[1][3][2]
Career[]
While playing for Flamura Roşie Arad, on 7 March 1948, he and teammate Iosif Stibinger scored each a hat-trick in a 6–1 away victory against CSCA București, it was the first time that two players from the same team scored a hat-trick in a Divizia A match.[4] He scored his team's first goal in the 3–2 victory at the 1948 Cupa României final against CFR Timișoara, thus helping Flamura Roşie Arad win the first Cupa României in the club's history.[5]
International career[]
Between 1947 and 1948, he played three matches for Romania, including a 0–1 loss against Albania at the 1948 Balkan Cup.[6][7]
Honours[]
Flamura Roşie Arad
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Adalbert Kovács at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- ^ a b "O sută de ani de la nașterea unui mare campion al UTA-ei – Adalbert Kovacs" [One hundred years since the birth of a great UTA champion - Adalbert Kovacs] (in Romanian). Uta-arad.ro. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ Adalbert Kovács at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Breviar sportiv arădean după 65 de ani: Imaginaţi-vă azi un Steaua - UTA 1-6!" [Aradean sports round after 65 years: Imagine today a Steaua - UTA 1-6!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1947 - 1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Adalbert Kovács". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Romania - Albania 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1953". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
External links[]
- Adalbert Kovács at WorldFootball.net
- Adalbert Kovács at Labtof.ro
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 1999 deaths
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Association football forwards
- Liga I players
- Nemzeti Bajnokság II
- FC CFR Timișoara players
- FC UTA Arad players
- Kaposvári Rákóczi FC players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Hungary
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Romanian football biography stubs