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Robert Sadowski

Robert Sadowski (16 August 1914 – 2000)[3] was a Romanian international footballer with Polish roots, who earned five caps for Romania, and participated at the 1938 World Cup in a match against Cuba.[4] He also played ice hockey, representing the national team at three World Championships.[4][5]

Robert Sadowski
Personal information
Date of birth (1914-08-16)16 August 1914
Place of birth Cernăuți, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 2000
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Muncitorul Cernăuți
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1938 AMEF Arad 58 (0)
1938–1940 Juventus București 38 (0)
1940–1947 Rapid București[a] 52 (0)
1947–1948 Ciocanul București 25 (0)
1950–1951 AS Monaco 28 (0)
Total 201 (0)
International career
1937–1948 Romania 5 (0)

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2024

Ice hockey career
Position Right wing
Played for HC Bragadiru București
Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți
Rapid București
Juventus București
HC Ciocanul București
National team  Romania
Playing career 1935–1947

Football career

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Club career

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Robert Sadowski, nicknamed by the press "Frumosul Robert" (Handsome Robert) was born on 16 August 1914 in Cernăuți, Austria-Hungary and he started to play football as a goalkeeper at local club, Muncitorul.[1][4] In 1935 he went to play for AMEF Arad, making his Divizia A debut on 29 September in a 2–2 with Gloria Arad.[1] After appearing regularly for AMEF three seasons, a period in which the team finished twice on the second place he went to play for Juventus București.[1][4] He spent two years with Juventus, then he signed for neighboring club, Rapid where he won the first trophy of his career, the 1939–40 Cupa României, coach Ștefan Auer using him all the minutes in the fourth game of the final against Venus București which was won with 2–1, the previous three in which he did not play being draws.[1][4][6][7] In the following season he helped the club earn a second place in the league and win another Cupa României, being used all the minutes by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–3 victory with Unirea Tricolor București from the final.[1][4][8] In the 1941–42 season, Sadowski helped The Railwaymen win the third consecutive Cupa României, being again used by Baratky the whole match from the final, a 7–1 over Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu.[1][4][9] In 1947 he left Rapid after Valentin Stănescu was brought as goalkeeper, initially going to play for Divizia B team, Astra Română Poiana Câmpina but eventually he stayed in Divizia A for one more season at Ciocanul București, making his last appearance in the league on 5 May 1948 in a 2–1 away victory with Jiul Petroșani, having a total of 161 appearances in the competition.[1][4] Afterwards Sadowski ended his career by playing two seasons abroad in the French Division 2 for AS Monaco.[4][10]

International career

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Robert Sadowski played five games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 6 September 1937 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a 2–1 away loss in front of Yugoslavia at the King Carol II friendly tournament.[11][12] He was selected by coaches Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the 1938 World Cup.[11][13] He did not appear in the first game against Cuba, his teammate Dumitru Pavlovici playing in the 3–3 draw but Sadowski played in the replay which ended with a surprisingly 2–1 loss.[11][13][14][15] In the following years, he played his last three games, a victory against Slovakia and a draw with Poland in which he kept a clean sheet, both of them being friendlies, his last appearance taking place on 2 May 1948 in a 1–0 home loss with Albania at the 1948 Balkan Cup.[11]

Ice hockey career

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Club career

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Robert Sadowski started playing ice hockey in 1935 at HC Bragadiru București, playing as a right winger, alongside Constantin Cantacuzino and Andrei Bărbulescu, winning the Romanian Hockey League from his first season.[4][5][16][17] He then went to play for a few years for his hometown team, Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți with whom he won another Romanian league title.[5][18] Afterwards, Sadowski went for one season at Rapid București where he was teammate with Mihai Flamaropol, helping the club win the 1940 title.[5][19][20] In 1940 he went alongside Flamaropol to play for Juventus București for six seasons, winning four titles, ending his career in 1947 after one year spent at HC Ciocanul București.[5][21][22]

International career

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Sadowski represented Romania's national team player at three World Championships.[5] Firstly he played one game at the 1937 edition when the team finished on the 10th place.[5][23] He appeared in three games at the following World Championships when Romania finished on the 13th place.[5][24] At the 1947 edition, Sadowski made a personal record of six appearances at a final tournament, as the team finished on the 7th place.[5][25]

Death

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Robert Sadowski died on 2000 at age 86.[3]

Honours

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Footballer

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Rapid București

Ice hockey player

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HC Bragadiru București

Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți

Rapid București

Juventus București

Notes

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  1. ^ The Divizia A 1940–41 was the last season before World War II and the Divizia A 1946–47 was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for Rapid București are not official with the exception of the 1945–46 regional championship.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Robert Sadowski at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXIV – "Ultimul șut aduce promovarea"" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXIV - "The Last Shot Gets the Promotion"] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Robert Sadowski". FootballDataBase. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Pagini memorabile din istoria fotbalului prahovean. A lăsat la baltă Poiana Cîmpina și mai târziu a ajuns la AS Monaco și Lyon! (III)" [Memorable pages from the history of Prahova football. He left Poiana Câmpina and later ended up at AS Monaco and Lyon! (III)] (in Romanian). Ziarulprahova.ro. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Robert Sadowski profile". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – 1939–1940". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  7. ^ "FINALE INCREDIBILE: Rapid-Venus din 1940 s-a jucat de 3 ori!" [INCREDIBLE FINALS: Rapid-Venus from 1940 played 3 times!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – 1940–1941". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – 1941–1942". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  10. ^ Robert Sadowski at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. ^ a b c d "Robert Sadowski". European Football. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Yugoslavia 2-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b "România – Cuba: povestea eliminării ruşinoase de la Cupa Mondială a primei generații de excepţie din istoria "tricolorilor"" [Romania – Cuba: the story of the shameful elimination from the World Cup of the first exceptional generation in the history of the "tricolors"] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Cuba 3-3 România, 5 iunie 1938 (Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38)" [Cuba 3-3 Romania, June 5, 1938 (World Cup in France '38)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38: Cuba 2-1 România, 9 iunie 1938" [World Championship in France '38: Cuba 2-1 Romania, June 9, 1938] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  16. ^ a b "HC Bragadiru București profile". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  17. ^ "1935-1936 HC Bragadiru București season". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți profile". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Rapid București profile". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  20. ^ "1939-1940 HC Rapid București season". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Juventus București profile". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  22. ^ "1940-1941 Juventus București season". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Championnats du monde 1937" [World Championship 1937] (in French). Passionhockey.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Championnats du monde 1938" [World Championship 1938] (in French). Passionhockey.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  25. ^ "Championnats du monde 1947" [World Championship 1947] (in French). Passionhockey.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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