Robert Sadowski (16 August 1914 – 2000) was a

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international footballer with

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roots, who played for

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, Juventus București,

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, Ciocanul București and abroad for

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. He earned 5 caps for

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, and participated at the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...

in a match against

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Honours

;Rapid Bucharest *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

(3): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42

International Career

His first cap was on 6 September 1937 against

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. He was selected for the

His second cap was the replay against

on 9 June 1938. It was his only game in the tournament, as his teammate

Dumitru Pavlovici Dumitru Pavlovici (26 April 1912 – 28 September 1993) was a Romanian football goalkeeper who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

had played the first match against Cuba and Romania was knocked out 2-1 by Cuba on replay. He was selected three other times: against

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on 12 October 1941,

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on 26 October 1947 and

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on 2 May 1948.

Death

He died on 2000 aged 86. Along with Vintila Cossini, he was one of the last two survivors of the

side

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* * * 1914 births Year of death missing Place of death missing Footballers from Chernivtsi People from the Duchy of Bukovina Romanian men's footballers Romanian people of Polish descent Romania men's international footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers FC Rapid București players FC Petrolul Ploiești players AS Monaco FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Monaco 1938 FIFA World Cup players Liga I players Ligue 2 players Men's association football goalkeepers {{romania-footy-goalkeeper-stub