Rudolf Rupec
Encyclopedia
Rudolf Rupec was a Croatian footballer who played for the national teams of Austria
and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
.
He began is career at SK Rapid Wien
in 1911 and from 1913 to 1920 was on the club's first squad. During the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Rupec played ten matches for the Austrian national team. In 1920 he joined a top Croatian side 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
. He later coached HAŠK Zagreb to the national championship in 1938. Rupec was part of the Kingdom's first national team, and had 9 caps.
He died in the summer of 1983 at the age of 87 in Zagreb.
Austria national football team
The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....
and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Yugoslavia national football team
The Yugoslavia national football team represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in association football. It enjoyed a modicum of success in international competition. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international...
.
He began is career at SK Rapid Wien
SK Rapid Wien
The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...
in 1911 and from 1913 to 1920 was on the club's first squad. During the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Rupec played ten matches for the Austrian national team. In 1920 he joined a top Croatian side 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
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...
in 1923
Yugoslav First League 1923
The 1923 Prva Liga held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was the first nation-wide domestic football competition. At this point there was no league championship in the modern sense as the competition was held in a single-legged cup format, with participating clubs qualifying via...
and 1926
Yugoslav First League 1926
The 1926 Yugoslav First Class was a football competition held within the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. The two dominant teams of pre-World War II Yugoslav football, Jugoslavija and Građanski, began laying the foundations of the next seven decades of a deeply rooted rivalry between Zagreb...
. He later coached HAŠK Zagreb to the national championship in 1938. Rupec was part of the Kingdom's first national team, and had 9 caps.
He died in the summer of 1983 at the age of 87 in Zagreb.
External links
- Profile at Serbian federation- date of birth 17.09.1895
- Profile at rapidarchiv- date of birth 17.11.1896
- Profile at FIFA- date of birth 17.11.1896
- National team data at RSSSF