Rudolf Bürger

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Rudolf Bürger (31 October 1908 – 20 January 1980) was a Romanian international footballer and coach of German ethnicity.

He is one of a few men who participated in each of the three pre-World War II FIFA World Cups.[1][2] At club level, he played mostly for Ripensia Timișoara with whom he won several trophies.[3]

Club career

Bürger was born on 31 October 1908 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), growing up and starting to play football as a child in the Elisabetin neighborhood.[3][4] In 1920 he started to play junior level football at local club, ESE.[3] Afterwards he moved to CS Tricolor, then he went at ETC, arriving in 1924 at Chinezul Timișoara.[3][4] In the 1926–27 season he played one league game for Chinezul as the team won the title.[3][4][5]

In 1931, Bürger went at Ripensia Timișoara where he made his Divizia A debut on 11 September 1932 in a 3–2 away loss to CFR București.[3] He won the title in his first season, coach Jenő Konrád using him in 12 games, including playing in the final with Universitatea Cluj.[3][4][5][6] In the following season he helped the team reach the 1934 Cupa României final, playing in both victories with "U" Cluj, winning the cup.[3][7] In the 1934–35 season he won another title, coaches Josef Uridil and Rudolf Wetzer giving him 17 appearances, also the team reached the Cupa României final where he played the whole match in the 6–5 loss to CFR București.[3][5][8][9][10] Next season, Bürger helped Ripensia win The Double, being given 18 appearances by coaches Wetzer and Konrád, also he played in the 5–1 win over Unirea Tricolor București from the Cupa României final.[3][5][8][9][11] In the following Cupa României edition, the team reached another final in which he played all the minutes in the 5–1 loss to Rapid București.[12] In the 1937–38 season, Ripensia won another title, coach Sepp Pojar using him in 17 matches.[3][5][8] Afterwards he played in Ripensia's 3–0 win over AC Milan in the first leg from the first round of the 1938 Mitropa Cup, helping the team get past the Italians.[13] He made his last Divizia A appearance in a 0–0 draw against Rapid.[3]

International career

Bürger played 34 games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 15 September 1929 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a friendly that ended with a 3–2 away victory against Bulgaria.[1][14][15] He made three appearances at successful 1929–31 Balkan Cup, consisting of two victories against Yugoslavia and Greece but also a loss to Bulgaria.[14][16]

Bürger was selected by coach Rădulescu to be part of the squad for the 1930 World Cup where he played in both Group 3 matches, a 3–1 win over Peru and a 4–0 loss to hosts and eventual world champions Uruguay.[1][2][4][14][17] Four years later he was selected by coaches Rădulescu and Josef Uridil to be part of Romania's squad that went at the 1934 World Cup in Italy but remained on the bench in the 2–1 defeat to eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia from the first round.[1][2][4][18]

He helped his national team win another Balkan Cup in 1936, playing in two victories against Greece and Bulgaria.[14][19] Bürger was selected by coaches Alexandru Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the 1938 World Cup in France.[1][2][14][20] He played all the minutes in both games against Cuba, the first one being a 3–3 draw, followed by a surprisingly 2–1 loss in the replay.[14][20][21]

His last appearance for The Tricolours was in a friendly that took place on 24 May 1939 and ended with a 2–0 loss to England in which Bürger injured his knee.[4][14]

Managerial career

Bürger coached Politehnica Timișoara from 1942 to 1946.[4] Afterwards he moved to CAM Timișoara for the next two years.[4] Then he went at ASA Timișoara from 1948 to 1951, respectively at Electroputere Craiova for one year from 1951 to 1952 but also at CFR Timișoara.[4]

Death

Bürger died on 19 January 1980 at the age of 71.[3][4][14]

Honours

Player

Chinezul Timișoara

Ripensia Timișoara

Romania

Notes

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