Rudolf Kotormány

Rudolf Kotormány (23 January 1911 – 2 August 1983), also spelled in Romanian as Cotormani, was a Romanian international footballer who played as a defender and coach. He was born in Austria-Hungary (now in Romania).

Rudolf Kotormány

Personal information
Date of birth	23 January 1911 (1911-01-23)
Place of birth	Temesvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	2 August 1983(1983-08-02) (aged 72)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1922	Fortuna Timișoara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1930–1931	Chinezul Timișoara	-	(-)
1931–1942	Ripensia Timișoara	146	(11)
1946–1947	CFR Timișoara	4	(0)
Total		-	(-)
International career
1932–1938	Romania	9	(0)
Managerial career
1946	CFR Craiova
1946–1947	CFR Timișoara
1948–1953	Romitex Timișoara
1953	Metalul Hunedoara
1954–1956	Metalul Cugir
1956–1957	Metalul Oțelu Roșu
1963–1967	Metalul Oțelu Roșu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

At club level, he spent his whole career in Liga I. After playing as a youth for the Timişoara-based team Fortuna, he made his Divizia A debut on 11 September 1932 in a 3–2 defeat to Rapid București.

In 1946, he joined CFR Timișoara, and played his last match in the division on 10 November 1946 in a 2–6 defeat against ITA Arad .

With the Romania national football team, he was picked by joint coaches Josef Uridil and Costel Rădulescu to play in the 1934 World Cup in Italy. The team were eliminated in the first round of this competition, losing 2–1 to Czechoslovakia.

Honours

Player

Ripensia Timișoara

• Liga I (4): 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38
• Cupa României (2): 1933–34, 1935–36

Notes and references

• Rudolf Kotormány at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Rudolf Kotormány at National-Football-Teams.com

• Association football portal