István Klimek (also written as Stefan Climek; 15 April 1913 – 12 November 1988), was a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n international footballer of Hungarian origin who played as a striker.Profile
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Biography

While playing for the Romanian club ILSA Timişoara, he was selected to play for the

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by joint coaches

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and Costel Rădulescu to play at the

1934 World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in whi ...

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. The team were eliminated in the first round by

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, losing 2–1.

Honours

;ILSA Timișoara *

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

(1): 1935–36

Notes and references

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* 1913 births 1988 deaths Romania men's international footballers Romanian men's footballers Liga I players Liga II players 1934 FIFA World Cup players Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Men's association football forwards CA Timișoara players Place of birth missing 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-forward-1910s-stub