Adalbert Kovács
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 September 1920[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Timișoara, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | August 1999 (aged 78)[2] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1933–1934 | Electrica Timișoara | ||
| 1934–1939 | Chinezul Timișoara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1940 | Chinezul Timișoara | ||
| 1942–1945 | Kaposvár | ||
| 1946–1953 | Flamura Roșie Arad | 123 | (63) |
| 1954–1956 | Locomotiva Timișoara | 49 | (17) |
| Total | 172 | (80) | |
| International career | |||
| 1947–1948 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 January 2020 | |||
Adalbert Kovács (28 September 1920 – August 1999) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker.[1][3]
Club career
[edit]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]
International career
[edit]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]
Death
[edit]He died at the end of summer 1999 at age 78.[2][3]
Honours
[edit]Flamura Roșie Arad
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Adalbert Kovács at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "O sută de ani de la nașterea unui mare campion al UTA-ei – Adalbert Kovacs" [One hundred years since the birth of a great UTA champion - Adalbert Kovacs] (in Romanian). Glsa.ro. 29 September 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Adalbert Kovács at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "ITA Arad vs Libertatea Oradea". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Breviar sportiv arădean după 65 de ani: Imaginaţi-vă azi un Steaua - UTA 1-6!" [Aradean sports round after 65 years: Imagine today a Steaua - UTA 1-6!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1947 - 1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1953". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Adalbert Kovács". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Romania - Czechoslovakia 2:6". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Romania - Poland 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Romania - Albania 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Adalbert Kovács at WorldFootball.net
- Adalbert Kovács at Labtof.ro