Rudolf Hitrec (12 April 1903 in Zagreb – 13 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a Croatian footballer and international manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rudolf Hitrec | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 13 January 1970 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1921 | Concordia | ||
| 1923–1931 | Građanski | 58 | (6) |
| International career | |||
| 1926 | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editHe played for Concordia Zagreb from 1919 to 1921 and Građanski Zagreb from 1921 to 1930. He won the national championship of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1923, 1926 and 1928.
International career
editHitrec played for the Yugoslav national team once in 1926 against Bulgaria in Zagreb.[1]
Post-playing career
editIn 1941 he became the president of the Croatian Football Federation and also served as the manager of the Croatia national team from 1940 to 1943. After the Second World War he ended his career in football and worked at the Dubrava Clinical Hospital as a doctor.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ History of Dubrava Clinical Hospital
- "Rudolf Hitrec", Nogometni leksikon, Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute. Zagreb, 2004.
External links
edit- Rudolf Hitrec at National-Football-Teams.com