Josef Adelbrecht

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| name = Josef Adelbrecht

| image = Йозеф Адельбрехт (1931).png

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|1|10|df=y}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|10|1|1910|1|10|df=y}}

| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1928–1934

| clubs1 = First Vienna

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| years2 = 1934–1935

| clubs2 = RCF Paris

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| years3 = 1935

| clubs3 = Grasshopper Club Zürich

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| years4 = 1936–1937

| clubs4 = Austria Wien

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| years5 = 1937–1938

| clubs5 = Rapid Wien

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1938

| clubs6 = SC Austro Fiat Wien

| years7 = 1939

| clubs7 = SC Red Star Wien

| years8 = 1941

| clubs8 = Floridsdorfer AC

| nationalyears1 = 1930–1933

| nationalteam1 = Austria

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 1

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Josef Adelbrecht (10 January 1910 – 1 October 1941) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Adelbrecht started his career with First Vienna in 1928 with whom he won the Mitropa Cup in 1931. In 1934 he moved to play professionally in France only to return after two years to play for Austria Wien and Rapid Wien .

International career

He made his debut for Austria in June 1930 against Hungary and played two more internationals, scoring one goal.

World War II and death

Adelbrecht was drafted into the Wehrmacht in March 1940 and served in the 235th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in the German invasion of Russia at Ivashkovo, about 100 km northwest of Moscow.Bernhard Hachleitner, Matthias Marschik, Rudolf Müllner, Johann Skocek:A football club from Vienna. The FK Austria under National Socialism 1938-1945, Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2019, pp. 278-279.

Honours

Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1931, 1933, 1938
Austrian Cup: 1929, 1930
Mitropa Cup: 1931

References

External links

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[http://www.austria-archiv.at/spieler.php?Spieler_ID=378 Profile at Austria-Archiv.at] {{in lang|de}}
[http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/adelbrecht_josef.html Profile at Rapidarchiv.at] {{in lang|de}}

Category:1910 births

Category:1941 deaths

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Austrian men's footballers

Category:Austria men's international footballers

Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in France

Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Category:First Vienna FC players

Category:Racing Club de France Football players

Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players

Category:FK Austria Wien players

Category:SK Rapid Wien players