Rudolf Rupec (17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 – 1 July 1983) was a Croatian footballer who played for the national teams of

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and the

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. He also competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Club career

He began his career at

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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

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and

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International career

During the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Rupec played ten matches for the

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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

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rupec, Rudolf 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