Adalbert Kovács

Adalbert Kovács
Personal information
Date of birth	28 September 1920
Place of birth	Timișoara, Romania
Date of death	August 1999 (aged 78)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1933–1934	Electrica Timișoara
1934–1939	Chinezul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years	Team
1939–1940	Chinezul Timișoara
1942–1945	Kaposvár
1946–1953	Flamura Roşie Arad
1954–1956	Locomotiva Timișoara
Total
National team
1947–1948	Romania
	* 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]

Between 1947 and 1948, he played three matches for Romania, including a 0–1 loss against Albania at the 1948 Balkan Cup.^[6]^[7]

Flamura Roşie Arad

^ ^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.

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1920-09-28)28 September 1920^[1]
Place of birth	Timișoara, Romania^[1]
Date of death	August 1999(1999-08-00) (aged 78)^[2]
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