Rodolfo Tommasi (24 November 1907 – 13 August 1993) was an Italian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

er. Born in

Abbazia Opatija (; it, Abbazia; german: Sankt Jakobi) is a town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean climate and its historic buildings re ...

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

, he played as forward for several Italian clubs. He started plying with local Olympia Abbazia, then he had a spell with

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

in the

1928–29 Divisione Nazionale The 1928–29 Divisione Nazionale season was won by Bologna. This was the last edition of the Divisione Nazionale until it was succeeded by the creation of the Serie A and the Serie B. Format changes In 1928 the fascists allowed for 1929 the sta ...

. Between 1929 and 1931 he played with

Fiumana Unione Sportiva Fiumana or U.S. Fiumana was an Italian football club based in the present-day Croatian city of Rijeka and the predecessor of HNK Rijeka. The club was active between 1926 and 1945, at the time when the city was part of the Kingdo ...

in the

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

and then with

Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...

in the

1931–32 Serie A The 1931–32 Serie A season was won by Juventus. Teams Fiorentina and Bari had been promoted from Serie B. Final classification Relegation tie-breaker Played in Bologna. Brescia was relegated to Serie B The Serie B (), currently n ...

.Rodolfo Tommasi
at enciclopediadelcalcio.it He also played abroad, with

BSK Belgrade OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

in the

1932–33 Yugoslav Football Championship The 1932–33 Yugoslav Football Championship ( Serbo-Croato-Slovenian: Državno prvenstvo 1932/33 / Државно првенство 1932/33) was the 11th season of Kingdom of Yugoslavia's premier football competition. League table Results Win ...

. While playing in Yugoslavia he played as Rudolf Tomašić.1932/33 Yugoslav championship squads
at exyufudbal.in.rs He died in his birthplace, in 1993, by then known as Opatija and part of Croatia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tommasi, Rodolfo 1907 births 1993 deaths People from Opatija People from Austrian Littoral Italian footballers Italian expatriate footballers Association football forwards ACF Fiorentina players U.S. Fiumana players U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 players Serie A players Serie B players OFK Beograd players Yugoslav First League players Expatriate footballers in Yugoslavia Italian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia