Rudolf Demetrovics Explained

Rudolf Demetrovics
Birth Date:19 September 1914
Birth Place:Paks, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Wollongong, Australia
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1933–1938
Clubs1:Chinezul Timișoara
Caps1:92
Goals1:1
Years2:1938–1940
Caps2:39
Goals2:0
Years3:1940–1944
Caps3:91
Goals3:3
Years4:1946–1948
Clubs4:MTV Ingolstadt
Years5:1948–1949
Clubs5:SpVgg Fürth
Goals5:0
Years6:1949–1950
Clubs6:MTV Ingolstadt
Totalcaps:229
Totalgoals:4
Nationalyears1:1935–1940
Nationalteam1:Romania
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:5 November 2019
Ntupdate:5 November 2019

Rudolf Demetrovics (19 September 1914[1] – 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.[2]

Honours

Venus București

1938–39, 1939–40

Runner-up 1939–40

Nagyváradi AC

1943–44

MTV Ingolstadt

Runner-up 1947

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.magyarfutball.hu/hu/szemelyek/adatlap/2342/demenyi-rudolf Deményi Rudolf
  2. Web site: Rudolf Demetrovics. European Football. 9 November 2019.