{{short description|Croatian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rudolf Rupec | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1895|9|17}} or {{Birth date|df=yes|1896|11|17}} | birth_place = Grubišno Polje, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1983|7|1|1895|9|17}} | death_place = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1913–1920 | years2 = 1920–1923 | clubs1 = Rapid Wien | clubs2 = Građanski Zagreb | caps1 = 68 | goals1 = 1 | caps2 = 62 | goals2 = 6 | nationalyears1 = 1917–1918 | nationalyears2 = 1920–1924 | nationalteam1 = Austria | nationalteam2 = Kingdom of SCS | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1938 | managerclubs1 = HAŠK Zagreb }} '''Rudolf Rupec''' (17 September 1895 or 17 November 1896 – 1 July 1983) was a Croatian footballer who played for the national teams of Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He also competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27968 |title=Rudolf Rupec |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
==Club career== He began his career at SK Rapid Wien in 1911 and from 1913 to 1920 was on the club's first squad. In 1920 he joined a top Croatian side HŠK Građanski Zagreb. He played with the club until the end of his career in 1928. With the club he won the national championship of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1923 and 1926.
==International career== During the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Rupec played ten matches for the Austria national football team.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html Players Appearing for Two or More Countries]</ref> Rupec was part of the Kingdom's first national team, and had 9 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was at a May 1924 Olympic Games match against Uruguay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18173|title=Player Database|accessdate=11 December 2022|website=EU-football}}</ref>
He later coached HAŠK Zagreb to the national championship in 1938. He died in the summer of 1983 at the age of 87 in Zagreb.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{Reprezentacija}} * [http://www.reprezentacija.rs/cgi-bin/index.pl?str=igraci&strana=Rupec-Rudolf Profile at Serbian federation]{{dead link|date=January 2024}} - date of birth 17.9.1895 * [https://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/rupec_rudolf.html Profile at rapidarchiv] - date of birth 17.11.1896 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080622193515/http://fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=292852/index.html Profile at FIFA] - date of birth 17.11.1896 * [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rupec-intl.html National team data] at RSSSF - date of birth 17.11.1896
{{Yugoslavia Squad 1920 Summer Olympics}} {{Yugoslavia Squad 1924 Summer Olympics}}
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