Rudolf Hitrec (12 April 1903 in

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– 13 January 1970 in

) was a Croatian footballer and international manager.

Club career

He played for

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from 1919 to 1921 and Građanski Zagreb from 1921 to 1930. He won the national championship of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1923, 1926 and 1928.

International career

Hitrec played for the Yugoslav national team once in 1926 against

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Post-playing career

In 1941 he became the president of the

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and also served as the manager of the Croatia national team from 1940 to 1943. After the

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he ended his career in football and worked at the Dubrava Clinical Hospital as a doctor.History of Dubrava Clinical Hospital
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References

*"Rudolf Hitrec", ''Nogometni leksikon'',

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. Zagreb, 2004.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitrec, Rudolf 1903 births 1970 deaths Footballers from Zagreb Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers HŠK Concordia players HŠK Građanski Zagreb players Yugoslav First League players Croatian football managers Croatia national football team managers Presidents of the Croatian Football Federation