Rudolf Wetzer

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Rudolf Wetzer
Personnel
birthday March 17, 1901
place of birth Temesvár ,  Austria-Hungary
date of death April 13, 1993
Place of death Haifa ,  Israel
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1920-1921 Chinezul Timișoara
1921-1922 Törekvés SE
1922-1924 Unirea Timișoara
1924-1925 Beogradski SK
1925-1928 Chinezul Timișoara
1928-1929 Újpest FC
1929 Pécs-Baranya
1929-1931 Juventus Bucharest
1931-1932 Ripensia Timișoara
1932-1933 FC Hyères
1934-1936 ILSA Timișoara
1936-1937 Rovine Grivița Craiova
1937-1939 Electrica Timișoara
1939 Rovine Grivița Craiova
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1923-1932 Romania 17 (12)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1932-1933 FC Hyères
1934-1936 ILSA Timișoara
1936-1937 Rovine Grivița Craiova
1937-1939 Electrica Timișoara
1940-1947 Oțelul Reșița
1948-1952 Dinamo Bucharest
1952 Dinamo Oraşul Stalin
1 Only league games are given.

Rudolf "Rudi" Wetzer (born March 17, 1901 in Temesvár , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary , † April 13, 1993 in Haifa , Israel ) was a Romanian football player and coach . He is considered to be the first professional footballer in Romania.

Club career

Wetzer began his footballing career in his hometown at the age of thirteen with the CS Chinezul Timișoara railway sports club , before moving to the Budapest sister club Törekvés SE for one season in 1921 , where he stormed alongside Ferenc Hirzer and Árpád Weisz and took fourth place in the Hungarian championship . Then he returned home and played for city rivals Unirea Timișoara .

In 1924 he went abroad again and joined Beogradski SK for one season before returning to his home club. With Chinezul he was able to get the Romanian championship title in 1926 and 1927. In 1928 he accepted an offer from Újpest FC and moved to Budapest for the second time, where he played under the name Rudolf Veder.

After returning from Hungary, where he also worked at Pécs-Baranya , he won the championship title with Juventus Bucharest in 1930 and after another year at Juventus, he moved to Ripensia Timișoara as a player - coach for the 1931/32 season . Ripensia was the first professional football club in Romania and since professional football was not introduced until 1932, the club did not take part in the official game operation. Professional football was introduced in France in 1932 and the clubs in the new Division 1 started looking for experienced professional players abroad. Without having the approval of the Romanian federation , Wetzer signed a contract as player-coach at FC Hyères , where he played together with his compatriot Elek Schwartz . The southern French ended the season only as group penultimate and relegated to the second division.

Wetzer returned to Romania and worked from 1934 to 1936 in Divizia B at ILSA Timișoara as a player-coach. He then moved to Rovine Grivița Craiova for one season , which was followed by two seasons at Electrica Timișoara . In 1939 he tied his football boots for the last time in an official game, again for Rovine Grivița Craiova. After the Second World War , Wetzer continued his career as a coach, including at Dinamo Bucharest .

National team

Rudolf Wetzer was appointed to the Romanian national soccer team for the first time in 1923 and played for the friendship cup (also known as the King Alexander Cup) in the 1: 2 against Yugoslavia . In 1924, the Romanians took part in the Summer Olympics, where Wetzer played as a center forward in his team's only game, a 6-0 win against the Netherlands in the round of 16. He scored his first two goals in the national shirt in 1925 against Bulgaria .

In 1930 the Romanians had agreed to participate in the first ever soccer world championship . After the annual friendship cup match against Yugoslavia was lost a few weeks before departure, Wetzer, who had not played in the national team for around two years, was called up for the last preparatory match against Greece as part of the Balkan Cup. The game ended with an 8-1 victory, Wetzer scored five goals and had his ticket to Uruguay in his pocket. At the World Cup, he was the captain in both group games, after a 4-0 defeat against Uruguay , the tournament was over for the Romanians.

His last game in the national team was a 2-0 win against Bulgaria at the Balkan Cup in 1932. In total, he played 17 times for Romania and scored twelve goals.

successes

relationship

Rudolf is the oldest of three brothers who were active in the Romanian football scene.

Stefan Wetzer (born May 7, 1906 in Temesvár , Austria-Hungary , † 1985 ) played for Chinezul Timişoara, Unirea Timişoara, Juventus Bucharest and Rapid Bucharest before he worked as a coach until 1966.

Johann Wetzer (born August 3, 1916 in Temesvár , Austria-Hungary ) was a player in Banatul Timişoara , Chinezul Timişoara and Rapid Bucharest, three-time Romanian national player and later coach in Turnu Severin .

literature

  • Mihai Ionescu / Răzvan Toma / Mircea Tudoran: Fotbal de la A la Z . Mondocart Pres, Bucharest 2001, ISBN 973-8332-00-1 , p. 334 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wetzer, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veder, Rudolf; Wetzer, Rudi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Temesvár , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1993
Place of death Haifa , Israel