Rudolf Rupec


Rudolf Rupec
Personal information
Full name Rudolf Rupec
Date of birth (1896-11-17)17 November 1896
Place of birth Grubišno Polje, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 3 July 1983(1983-07-03) (aged 86)
Place of death Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912-1913 Karlsbad 3 (0)
1914-1919 SK Rapid Wien 79 (5)
1920-1928 HŠK Građanski Zagreb
National team
1917-1918 Austria 10
1920-1924 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 9 (0)
Teams managed
1938 HAŠK Zagreb
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rudolf Rupec (17 September 1895[1] or 17 November 1896 – 1 July 1983) was a Croatian footballer. He played for SK Rapid Wien and HŠK Građanski Zagreb. He played for the national teams of Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He also played at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. [2]

Career

He began his career at SK Rapid Wien from 1913 to 1920. With Rapid he won the championship four times and once the cup. In 1920 he went to the Croatian team HŠK Građanski Zagreb. 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 and 1926.

International

In the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire he played ten matches for the Austria national football team. Rupec was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's first national team. He played nine matches for them. He played at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics. His final game was in May 1924 in the Olympic Games match against Uruguay.

Manager

He later coached HAŠK Zagreb. He won the championship in 1938.

Honours

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