Rudolf Rupec (17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 – 1 July 1983) was a
Croatian footballer who played for the national teams of
Austria
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and the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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. He also competed at the
1920 Summer Olympics and the
1924 Summer Olympics.
Club career
He began his career at
SK Rapid Wien
Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...
in 1911 and from 1913 to 1920 was on the club's first squad. In 1920 he joined a top Croatian side
HŠK Građanski Zagreb
HŠK Građanski (alternatively spelled ''Gradjanski'' or ''Gradanski''), also known as 1. HŠK Građanski or fully ''Prvi hrvatski građanski športski klub'' ( en, First Croatian Citizens' Sports Club), was a Croatian football club established in ...
. 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
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
and
1926
Events January
* January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece.
* January 8
**Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...
.
International career
During the waning years of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, Rupec played ten matches for the
Austria national football team
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. Rupec was part of the Kingdom's first national team, and had 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was at a May 1924 Olympic Games match against
Uruguay
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.
He later coached
HAŠK Zagreb
HAŠK ''(full name Hrvatski akademski športski klub, en, Croatian Academic Sports Club)'' was a Croatian football club established in Zagreb in 1903 which ceased operating in 1945. The club was one of the most successful sides in Zagreb and the ...
to the national championship in 1938. He died in the summer of 1983 at the age of 87 in Zagreb.
References
External links
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Profile at Serbian federation- date of birth 17.9.1895
- date of birth 17.11.1896
- date of birth 17.11.1896
at RSSSF - date of birth 17.11.1896
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1890s births
1983 deaths
People from Grubišno Polje
People from the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Men's association football defenders
Austrian men's footballers
Austria men's international footballers
Yugoslav men's footballers
Yugoslavia men's international footballers
Dual men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia
Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
SK Rapid Wien players
HŠK Građanski Zagreb players
Yugoslav First League players
Yugoslav football managers
Sport in Bjelovar-Bilogora County