Petre Steinbach (January 1, 1906 in

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

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– 1996 in

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), was a

n football

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and

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Career

His career in club football was spent at CAM Timișoara between 1925 and 1928, also playing for Colțea Brașov in 1928–1929, then he moved to

Unirea Tricolor București Unirea Tricolor București was a Romanian football club from Bucharest, south-east Romania, founded in 1914 as Tricolor București. It was one of the most famous inter-war clubs in Romania. History Tricolor București Tricolor, first named Tei ...

, where he spent 10 years, for a while as a player-coach. Steinbach finished his playing career in the 1939–1940 season at

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. After

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, Steinbach, because of his German origins was sent for a while to forced labour in the

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considering that German people doing forced labour was a way for the Germans to pay "war reparations". In 1947 he became coach at ITA Arad, helping the team win the second title in the club's history. Steinbach was also a writer, he wrote two volumes about football: * Fotbalul nostru ''(Our football)'' (1937) * Fotbalul se joacă râzând ''(Football is played with laughter)'' (1972)

International career

Petre Steinbach played 18 games at international level for

, making his debut under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a 5–3 away loss against

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at the

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, a tournament in which he also played in the rematch, which ended with a 5–2 victory, in a 4–2 away victory against

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and in a 4–2 away victory against

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, helping

win the competition. He was also part of

's squad at the first

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, the 1930 edition. Steinbach played three games at the three games at the

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. He also played three games at the 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs and two at the

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, both tournaments being won by

Honours

Player

Unirea Tricolor București *

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(1): 1938–39 * Cupa României runner-up (1): 1935–36 Romania *

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(2): 1929–31, 1933 * Central European International Cup (1): 1931–34

Manager

Unirea Tricolor București *

(1): 1938–39 * Cupa României runner-up (1): 1935–36 ITA Arad * Divizia A (1): 1947–48

References

External links

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Petre Steinbach manager profile
at Labtof.ro 1906 births 1996 deaths Footballers from Timișoara People from the Kingdom of Hungary Romanian men's footballers Romanian people of German descent Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players CAM Timișoara players CS Colțea Brașov players Unirea Tricolor București players Olympia București players Romania men's international footballers 1930 FIFA World Cup players Romania national football team managers Romanian football managers FC UTA Arad managers FCV Farul Constanța managers FC Rapid București managers CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers Romanian writers 20th-century Romanian writers Romanian male writers 20th-century Romanian male writers {{Romania-footy-bio-stub