Adalbert Steiner II (24 January 1907 – 10 December 1984) was a

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defender.

Club career

His career in club football was spent at Unirea Timișoara between 1921 and 1922, he played at

Chinezul Timișoara Chinezul Timișoara was a football club that played both in the Romanian and the Hungarian championship during its existence. It was based in Timișoara, Romania (at the time of foundation Temesvár, Austria-Hungary). History The club was establ ...

from 1922 until 1929 where he won three

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titles and he finished his career in 1929–1930 at

CA Timișoara Clubul Atletic Timișoara was a football club based in Timișoara, western Romania. It was founded in 1902 and dissolved in 1936. History In the Józsefváros neighborhood of Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, on April 26 1902, a ...

International career

Adalbert Steiner played ten games for

. He and his brother Rudolf made their debut together in a 3–1 away victory against

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in 1926. Adalbert played two games at the

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, a tournament that was won by

. He was part of

's squad at the

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playing in the first game, a 3–1 victory against

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in which he got an injury from which he never recovered, ending his career.

Personal life

His father, Karl Steiner was an engineer that was born in

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who settled in Temesvár where he got married and had eight children. One of Adalbert's brothers,

Rudolf Steiner Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a ...

was also a footballer, they played together at

and Romania's national team.

Honours

Chinezul Timișoara *

: 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27 Romania *

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: 1929–31

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Steiner, Adalbert 1907 births 1984 deaths Footballers from Timișoara People from the Kingdom of Hungary Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Liga I players 1930 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football defenders CA Timișoara players Chinezul Timișoara players