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Adalbert Deşu
	Adalbert Deşu
Personal information
Full name	Adalbert Deşu
Date of birth	March 24, 1909
Place of birth	Gătaia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	June 6, 1937 (aged 28)
Place of death	Timişoara, Romania
Playing position	Inside Left
Senior career1
National team
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only.; * Appearances (Goals)

Adalbert Deşu (Hungarian: Béla Dezső - born March 24, 1909 in Gátalja (Gătaia), Austria-Hungary (now Romania) — died June 6, 1937 in Timişoara) was a Romanian football striker. He was a member of Romania national football team which competed at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay. Deşu was also the first scorer of Romania at a FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Career

Adalbert Deşu started his football career in his hometown, Gătaia, but after a while he moved to Reşiţa, playing for two years at UDR. In 1929, he was called up to the Romania national football team for the first time, scoring in a friendly against Bulgaria. He was also picked up for the Romanian team which competed in 1930 FIFA World Cup. The chairman of the club where he played, Wolfgang Auschnit, refused to pay him the salary in the period of the World Cup^[2]. After the World Cup, Deşu eventually leaved the club because of the chairman. Deşu scored Romania's first goal against Peru, and played his last match for the national team in the second match of that World Cup for Romania, against Uruguay. After the World Cup, he signed with Banatul Timişoara, but in 1933 he retired from football because of pneumonia. In 1937, he died of pneumonia, aged 28.

[edit] References and notes

Romanian football portal

[0] Evidence of Adalbert Deşu's appearances for Romania national football team

[1] A story about the players from Timişoara County that played at the FIFA World Cup. The story with Deşu and his chairman is included here (Romanian language)

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