Adalbert Steiner | |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1907 |
Birth Place: | Temesvár, Austria-Hungary |
Position: | Defender |
Youthyears1: | 1921–1922 |
Youthclubs1: | Unirea Timișoara |
Youthyears2: | 1922–1924 |
Youthclubs2: | Chinezul Timișoara |
Years1: | 1924–1929 |
Years2: | 1929–1930 |
Clubs1: | Chinezul Timișoara |
Clubs2: | CA Timișoara |
Caps1: | 32 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1926–1930 |
Nationalteam1: | Romania |
Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Adalbert Steiner II (24 January 1907 – 10 December 1984) was a Romanian football defender.
His career in club football was spent at Unirea Timișoara between 1921 and 1922, he played at Chinezul Timișoara from 1922 until 1929 where he won three Divizia A titles and he finished his career in 1929–1930 at CA Timișoara.
Adalbert Steiner played ten games for Romania.[1] He and his brother Rudolf made their debut together in a 3–1 away victory against Turkey in 1926.[1] [2] [3] Adalbert played two games at the 1929–31 Balkan Cup, a tournament that was won by Romania.[1] He was part of Romania's squad at the 1930 World Cup playing in the first game, a 3–1 victory against Peru in which he got an injury from which he never recovered, ending his career.[1] [4] [5]
His father, Karl Steiner was an engineer that was born in Bohemia who settled in Temesvár where he got married and had eight children.[6] [7] One of Adalbert's brothers, Rudolf Steiner was also a footballer, they played together at Chinezul Timișoara and Romania's national team.[8]
Chinezul Timișoara
1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27Romania