Adalbert Deșu ( hu, Béla Dezső, ; 24 March 1909 – 6 June 1937) was a

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. He was a member of

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which competed at the

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. Deșu was also the first scorer for

at a

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. He scored a goal in the first minute of his team's first group game of the first football world cup.

Career

Deșu, of Hungarian origin, was born in Gátalja (Gătaia) and started his football career in his hometown. After a while he moved to Reşiţa, playing for two years at UDR. In 1929, he was called up to the

for the first time, scoring in a friendly against

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. He was also picked up for the Romanian team which competed in

. The chairman of the club where he played, Wolfgang Auschnit, refused to pay him the salary in the period of the World Cup. After the World Cup, Deșu eventually left the club because of the chairman. Deșu scored Romania's first goal against

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, and played his last match for the national team in the second match of that World Cup for Romania, against

. After the World Cup, he signed with Banatul Timișoara, but in 1933 he retired from football because of

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. In 1937, he died of pneumonia, aged 28.

International goals

Romania's goal tally first

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Desu, Adalbert 1909 births 1937 deaths People from Gătaia People from the Kingdom of Hungary Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Romanian footballers Romania international footballers CSM Reșița players Banatul Timișoara players 1930 FIFA World Cup players Association football forwards Deaths from pneumonia in Romania