Adalbert Kovács

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Adalbert Kovács
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-09-28)28 September 1920[1]
Place of birth Timișoara, Romania[1]
Date of death August 1999(1999-08-00) (aged 78)[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker[1]
Youth career
1933–1934 Electrica Timișoara
1934–1939 Chinezul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1940 Chinezul Timișoara
1942–1945 Kaposvár
1946–1953 Flamura Roșie Arad 123 (63)
1954–1956
Locomotiva Timișoara
49 (17)
Total 172 (80)
International career
1947–1948 Romania 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2020

Adalbert Kovács (28 September 1920 – August 1999) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker.[1][3]

Club career

Adalbert Kovács was born on 28 September 1920 in

CCA București, having a total of 172 Divizia A games played and 80 goals scored.[1][2][3] He died at the end of the summer of 1999 at age 78.[2][3]

International career

Adalbert Kovács played three games at international level for Romania, all of them taking place on the Giulești Stadium from Bucharest, making his debut under coach Ferenc Rónay on 21 September 1947 in a friendly which ended with a 6–2 loss against Czechoslovakia.[7][8] His following game was also a friendly which ended 0–0 against Poland in which he came as a substitute in the 56th minute in order to replace Ladislau Incze II.[7][9] Kovács's last appearance for the national team took place on 2 May 1948 in a 1–0 loss against Albania at the 1948 Balkan Cup.[7][10]

Honours

Flamura Roșie Arad

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Adalbert Kovács at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "O sută de ani de la nașterea unui mare campion al UTA-ei – Adalbert Kovacs" [One hundred years since the birth of a great UTA champion - Adalbert Kovacs] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Adalbert Kovács at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Breviar sportiv arădean după 65 de ani: Imaginaţi-vă azi un Steaua - UTA 1-6!" [Aradean sports round after 65 years: Imagine today a Steaua - UTA 1-6!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1947 - 1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1953". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Adalbert Kovács". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Romania - Czechoslovakia 2:6". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Romania - Poland 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Romania - Albania 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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