Adalbert Ritter
Personal information
Date of birth (1900-04-29)29 April 1900[1]
Place of birth Temesvár, Austria-Hungary[1]
Date of death 23 February 1945(1945-02-23) (aged 44)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1926 Chinezul Timișoara
International career
1922–1926 Romania 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adalbert Ritter (29 April 1900 – 23 February 1945) was a Romanian football goalkeeper and referee.[2][3]

International career

Adalbert Ritter played in the first official match of Romania's national team at the 1922 King Alexander's Cup, against Yugoslavia.[4][5] He was also part of Romania's 1924 Summer Olympics squad.[6]

Scores and results table. Romania's goal tally first:[5]
International appearances
App Date Venue Opponent Result Competition
1. 8 June 1922 Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia 2–1 Friendly
2. 2 September 1923 Lviv, Poland  Poland 1–1 Friendly
3. 31 August 1924 Prague, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia 1–4 Friendly
4. 7 May 1926 Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 3–1 Friendly

Honours

Chinezul Timișoara

References

  1. ^ a b c Adalbert Ritter at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b "Cartierul din Timișoara unde s-a scris istoria fotbalului românesc. Mehala, sursă de sportivi de geniu" [The neighborhood of Timișoara where the history of Romanian football was written. Mehala, source of genius athletes] (in Romanian). Pressalert.ro. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Adalbert Ritter referee profile". Labtof. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "8 iunie 1922. Primul meci din istoria nationalei de fotbal" [8 June 1922. The first match in the history of the national football team] (in Romanian). A1.ro. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Adalbert Ritter". European Football. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Adalbert Ritter". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. ^ Adalbert Ritter at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

External links

Romania football squad – 1924 Summer Olympics
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