Rudolf Rupec
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 | ||
Place of birth |
Grubišno Polje, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1983 | ||
Place of death |
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1913–1920 | Rapid Vienna | 68 | (1) |
1920–1923 | Građanski Zagreb | ||
National team | |||
1917–1918 | Austria | 10 | (0) |
1920–1924 | Kingdom of SCS | 9 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
HAŠK Zagreb | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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]
He began is career at SK Rapid Wien in 1911 and from 1913 to 1920 was on the club's first squad. During the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Rupec played ten matches for the Austrian national team.[2] 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. He later coached HAŠK Zagreb to the national championship in 1938. Rupec was part of the Kingdom's first national team, and had 9 caps.
He died in the summer of 1983 at the age of 87 in Zagreb.
References[]
- ^ "Rudolf Rupec". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Players Appearing for Two or More Countries
External links[]
- Profile at Serbian federation - 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
- 1895 births
- 1983 deaths
- People from Grubišno Polje
- People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
- Croatian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- Austrian footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- SK Rapid Wien players
- HŠK Građanski Zagreb players
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Croatian football managers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- Yugoslav First League players
- Association football defenders
- Sport in Bjelovar-Bilogora County