Albin Kitzinger

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| fullname = Albin Kitzinger

| birth_date = {{birth date |1912|2|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Schweinfurt, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1970|8|6|1912|2|1}}

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1924-1929

| youthclubs1 = 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

| years1 = 1929–1950

| clubs1 = 1. FC Schweinfurt 05

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| nationalyears1 = 1935–1942

| nationalteam1 = Germany

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Albin Kitzinger (1 February 1912 in Schweinfurt – 6 August 1970) was a German football player. He played his whole career for 1. FC Schweinfurt 05.

Career

On the national level he played for Germany national team (44 matches/2 goals), and was a participant at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He was a member of the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8–0 in Breslau in 1937 and went on to win 10 out of 11 games played during that year.

Kitzinger distinguished himself with assuredness on the ball and the calmness in which he distributed the ball. Together with Andreas Kupfer and Ludwig Goldbrunner he formed one of the best halves trios of the late-1930s. In 1937 he was called up to represent Western Europe in Amsterdam against Central Europe, and a year later he was selected to play in a FIFA Europe XI against England at Highbury Stadium.Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 235. Altogether he starred in 826 games for his club Schweinfurt 05. He died at the age of 58 after a long and severe illness.Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 236.

Honours

= Club =

Gauliga Bayern
Champion: (2) 1938–39, 1941–42
Runner-up: (2) 1936–37, 1942–43
Tschammerpokal
Semi-finalist: 1936

= Individual =

Europe XI selection: 1938

Footnotes

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929150044/http://weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=6707 Weltfussball] {{in lang|de}}
[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/kitzinger-intl.html Albin Kitzinger - International Appearances]

Category:1912 births

Category:1970 deaths

Category:Footballers from Schweinfurt

Category:German men's footballers

Category:Germany men's international footballers

Category:1938 FIFA World Cup players

Category:1. FC Schweinfurt 05 players

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:20th-century German sportsmen