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Adalbert Kovács
Romanian footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Adalbert Kovács (28 September 1920 – August 1999) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker.[1][3]
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Kovács was born on 28 September 1920 in Timișoara, Romania.[1][2][3] He began playing junior-level football at Electrica Timișoara.[1][2] Afterwards he went to Chinezul Timișoara where he also started playing at senior level.[1][2][3] In 1942 he joined Hungarian second league side Kaposvár.[1][2][3] Kovács returned to Romania, where on 9 March 1947, he made his Divizia A debut under coach Zoltán Blum, playing for Flamura Roșie Arad in a 5–1 victory in which he scored a hat-trick against Libertatea Oradea.[1][2][3][4] He netted a total of 13 goals in 13 appearances, helping the club win the 1946–47 title.[1][2][3][5] In the following season he helped the club win The Double, scoring a personal record of 19 goals in 26 league matches under coach Petre Steinbach.[1][2][3][5] However, he was not the team's top-scorer as Ladislau Bonyhádi scored 49.[5] On 7 March 1948, in a 6–1 away victory against CSCA București, he and teammate Iosif Stibinger each scored three goals, marking the first time two players from the same team netted a hat-trick.[6] Kovács also scored his team's first goal in the 3–2 victory in the 1948 Cupa României final against CFR Timișoara, thus helping Flamura Roșie win its first Cupa României.[1][2][3][7] He won another title with the club in 1950, but coach Francisc Dvorzsák used him in only three games.[1][2][3][5] In 1953, he helped The Old Lady win another Cupa României, with coach Coloman Braun-Bogdan playing him the entire match in the 1–0 win over CCA București in the final.[1][2][3][8] In 1954, Kovács joined Locomotiva Timișoara.[1][2][3] There, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 6–0 loss to CCA București, having a total of 172 matches with 80 goals in the competition.[1][2][3]
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International career
Kovács played three games for Romania all of which took place at the Giulești Stadium in Bucharest.[9] He made his debut under coach Ferenc Rónay on 21 September 1947 in a 6–2 friendly loss to Czechoslovakia.[9][10] In his next game he came as a substitute in the 56th minute to replace Ladislau Incze in a friendly 0–0 draw against Poland.[9][11] Kovács's last appearance for the national team took place on 2 May 1948 in a 1–0 loss to Albania in the 1948 Balkan Cup.[9][12]
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