Rudolf Hitrec

Rudolf Hitrec (12 April 1903 in Zagreb – 13 January 1970 in Zagreb) was a Croatian footballer and international manager.

Rudolf Hitrec

Personal information
Full name	Rudolf Hitrec
Date of birth	(1903-04-12)12 April 1903
Place of birth	Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	13 January 1970(1970-01-13) (aged 66)
Place of death	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	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]