Rudolf Rupec

Rudolf Rupec

Personal information
Date of birth	17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896
Place of birth	Grubišno Polje, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	July 1, 1983
Place of death	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1913 - 1920	Rapid Vienna	68	(1)
1920 - 1923	Građanski Zagreb
National team
1917-1918	Austria	10	(0)
1920-1924	Kingdom of SCS	9	(0)
Teams managed
	HAŠK Zagreb
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Rudolf Rupec (17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 in Grubišno polje, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary – 1 July 1983 in Zagreb) 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.^[1] 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.

References

1. Players Appearing for Two or More Countries

External links

• Profile at Serbian federation - date of birth 17.9.1895
• Profile at rapidarchiv - date of birth 17.11.1896
• Profile at FIFA - date of birth 17.11.1896
• National team data at RSSSF - date of birth 17.11.1896