Rudolf Hitrec

Croatian footballer and 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)
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

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

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]

References

  1. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ History of Dubrava Clinical Hospital

External links

  • Rudolf Hitrec at National-Football-Teams.com
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jozo Jakopić
 Croatia national football team manager
1940-1943 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ivo Kraljević
 President of Croatian Football Federation
1941 		Succeeded by
Vatroslav Petek
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1912–1919
1939–1990
  • Ivo Kraljević
  • Rudolf Hitrec
  • Vatroslav Petek
  • Rinaldo Čulić
  • Mijo Hršak
  • Lazo Vračarić
  • Boris Bakrač
  • Vlado Ranogajec
  • Mirko Oklobdžija
  • Pero Splivalo
  • Luka Bajakić
  • Bruno Knežević
  • Ivan Kolić
  • Vlado Bogatec
  • Ljubo Španjol
  • Željko Huber
  • Dušan Veselinović
  • Milivoj Ražov
  • Adam Sušanj
  • Antun Ćilić
  • Paško Viđak
1990–present
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Croatia national football team – managers
(c) = caretaker manager