Adalbert Deșu
{{Short description|Romanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Béla Dezső / Adalbert Deşu
| image =
| fullname = Béla Dezső / Adalbert Deșu
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1909|3|24|}}
| birth_place = Gátalja, Austria-Hungary
(now Gătaia, Romania)
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1937|6|6|1909|3|24}}
| death_place = Timișoara, Romania
| height = 1.70 m
| position = Inside Left
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1=
| years1 = 1928–1930 | years2 = 1930–1933
| clubs1 = UDR Reşiţa | clubs2 = Banatul Timișoara
| caps1= 52 | goals1 = 34 | caps2 = 77 | goals2 = 42
| totalcaps = 129
| totalgoals = 76
| nationalyears1= 1929–1930
| nationalteam1= Romania[http://www.info.frf.ro/index.php?articol=196 Evidence of Adalbert Deșu's appearances for Romania national football team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210221914/http://www.info.frf.ro/index.php?articol=196 |date=10 February 2012 }}
| nationalcaps1= 6 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1=
| managerclubs1=
}}
Adalbert Deșu ({{langx|hu|Béla Dezső}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈbeːlɒ ˈdɛʒøː}}; 24 March 1909 – 6 June 1937) was a Romanian football striker. He was a member of Romania national football team which competed at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay. Deșu was also the first scorer for Romania at a FIFA World Cup. He scored a goal in the first minute of his team's first group game of the first football world cup.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150225145700/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=201/match=1098/index.html FIFA World Cup match archive]
Career
Deșu, of Hungarian origin,{{Cite book| last = Gál |first =László | title = Montevideótól Johannesburgig – Érdekességek a futball vb-k világából | location = Budapest | publisher = Aposztróf | year = 2010 | isbn = 9786155056024 | page = 154 }} was born in Gátalja (Gătaia) and started his football career in his hometown. 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.agenda.ro/news/news/7000/senzational-2.html |title=A story about the players from Timișoara County that played at the FIFA World Cup. The story with Deșu and his chairman is included here (Romanian language) |access-date=19 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213142405/http://www.agenda.ro/news/news/7000/senzational-2.html |archive-date=13 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} After the World Cup, Deșu eventually left the club because of the chairman. Deșu 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 Timișoara, but in 1933 he retired from football because of pneumonia. In 1937, he died of pneumonia, aged 28.
International goals
Romania's goal tally first
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|+ ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| align=center| 1. | 15 September 1929 | Levski Field, Sofia, Bulgaria | {{fb|BUL}} | align=center| 3–2 | align=center| 3–2 | Friendly |
| align=center| 2. | 4 May 1930 | Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | {{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | align=center| 1–2 | align=center| 1–2 | Friendly |
| align=center| 3. | 14 July 1930 | Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay | {{fb|PER}} | align=center| 1–0 | align=center| 3–1 | 1930 FIFA World Cup |
References and notes
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External links
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{{Romania Squad 1930 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Desu, Adalbert}}
Category:Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Category:Romanian men's footballers
Category:Romania men's international footballers
Category:Banatul Timișoara players
Category:1930 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Romania