Josef Adelbrecht
Josef Adelbrecht (8 January 1910 – 15 September 1941) was an Austrian football player at the position of a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1910 | ||
| Date of death | 15 September 1941 (aged 31) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928-1934 | First Vienna FC | ||
| 1934-1935 | Racing Club de Paris | ||
| 1935 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | ||
| 1936-1937 | FK Austria Wien | ||
| 1937-1938 | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1938 | SC Austro Fiat Wien | ||
| 1939 | SC Red Star Wien | ||
| 1941 | Floridsdorfer AC | ||
| National team | |||
| 1930-1933 | Austria | 3 | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Josef Adelbrecht began his professional career at Vienna in 1928. The striker won the Austrian Cup (1929, 1930) and the championship (1931, 1933) twice with Döblinger. His greatest success was winning the Mitropacup, the forerunner of today's European Cup, in 1931. In the final Josef Adelbrecht scored a goal to win 2:3 in the first leg in Zurich against Wiener AC . Vienna also won the second leg on the Viennese Hohe Warte. In 1934 Josef Adelbrecht decided to go to France. There he was rarely used at Racing Club de Paris. He left the club in 1935. He then worked in Switzerland at the Grasshopper Club Zurich.
After a year and a half abroad, Josef Adelbrecht returned to Vienna in January 1936 . Then he played for FK Austria Wien for a season and a half. In 1937 he moved to SK Rapid Wien. This season he was able to become Austrian champion for the third time with Rapid. In the years that followed, the striker played a few more games for Austro Fiat, Red Star Vienna and Floridsdorfer AC .
Death
In March 1940 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. On 15 September 1941 he was killed during the invasion of Russia at Ivashkovo, about a hundred kilometers northwest of Moscow. [1]
Honours
- 1 × Mitropa Cup: 1931
- 3 × Austrian Champion: 1931, 1933, 1938
- 2 × Austrian Cup: 1929, 1930
- 3 matches for the Austrian national football team
References
- ↑ Bernhard Hachleitner, Matthias Marschik, Rudolf Müllner, Johann Skocek: Ein Fußballverein aus Wien. Der FK Austria im Nationalsozialismus 1938–1945, Böhlau Verlag, Wien-Köln-Weimar 2019, S. 278–279.