Adalbert Kovács
Adalbert Kovács (28 September 1920 – August 1999) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker.[1][3] Club careerKovács 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 the first Cupa României in its history.[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 scored in the competition.[1][2][3] International careerKovács played three games at international level 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 friendly that ended with a 6–2 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] DeathHe died at the end of summer 1999 at age 78.[2][3] HonoursFlamura Roșie Arad References
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