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Romanian footballer

Rudolf Demetrovics
Personal information
Date of birth (1914-09-19)19 September 1914
Place of birth Paks, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 2 March 1993(1993-03-02) (aged 78)
Place of death Wollongong, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1938 Chinezul Timișoara 92 (1)
1938–1940 Venus București 39 (0)
1940–1944 Nagyváradi AC 91 (3)
1946–1948 MTV Ingolstadt
1948–1949 SpVgg Fürth 0 (0)
1949–1950 MTV Ingolstadt
Total 229 (4)
International career
1935–1940 Romania 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2019

Rudolf Demetrovics (19 September 1914 – 2 March 1993), also known as Rudolf Demetrovici, Rudolf Deményi or Rezső Deményi, was a Romanian footballer of Hungarian descent, who played as a midfielder.

Debuted in football by the legendary club Chinezul Timișoara, Demetrovics was an important player of the golden team of Venus București, club with which he won two national titles. Subsequently, he moved to Nagyváradi AC and won another title, this time in Hungary, being again an important pillar in a team of legend, 1943–1944 generation of NAC, first squad outside Budapest which was crowned as champion of Hungary.

After World War II he ended up in Germany, where he played for MTV Ingolstadt in the highest Bavarian amateur League, the Bayernliga, which was then part of the national second tier of German football. In 1948/49 he played for one season for SpVgg Fürth which then played in the Oberliga Süd, the part of the first tier of Germany, where the club got relegated. After this he returned for one season to Ingolstadt.

Demetrovics then migrated to Australia. He was married and had a daughter and a son.

International career

Rudolf Demetrovics played at international level in 8 matches for Romania.

Honours

Venus București

Nagyváradi AC

MTV Ingolstadt

References

  1. Deményi Rudolf. magyarfutball.hu (in Hungarian)
  2. "Rudolf Demetrovics". European Football. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

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