Rudolf Hitrec
Croatian footballer and manager
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Rudolf Hitrec (12 April 1903 in Zagreb – 13 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a Croatian footballer and international manager.
Full name
Rudolf Hitrec
Date of birth
12 April 1903
Place of birth
Zagreb, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death
13 January 1970 (aged 66)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rudolf Hitrec | ||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 13 January 1970 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position | 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
He 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
Hitrec played for the Yugoslav national team once in 1926 against Bulgaria in Zagreb.[1]
Post-playing career
In 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]