Adalbert Deșu

Béla Dezső / Adalbert Deşu

Personal information
Full name	Béla Dezső / Adalbert Deșu
Date of birth	24 March 1909
Place of birth	Gátalja, Austria-Hungary (now Gătaia, Romania)
Date of death	6 June 1937 (aged 28)
Place of death	Timişoara, Romania
Playing position	Inside Left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1930	UDR Reşiţa
1930–1933	Banatul Timişoara
National team
1929–1930	Romania[1]	6	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Adalbert Deșu (Hungarian: Béla Dezső, Hungarian pronunciation: [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 of Romania at a FIFA World Cup.

Career

Deșu, of Hungarian origin,^[2] 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.^[3] 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 Timişoara, 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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 September 1929	Levski Field, Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	3–2	3–2	Friendly
2.	4 May 1930	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	1–2	1–2	Friendly
3.	14 July 1930	Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay	Peru	1–0	3–1	1930 FIFA World Cup

References and notes

1. Evidence of Adalbert Deșu's appearances for Romania national football team
2. Gál, László (2010). Montevideótól Johannesburgig - Érdekességek a futball vb-k világából. Budapest: Aposztróf. p. 154. ISBN 9786155056024.
3. A story about the players from Timişoara County that played at the FIFA World Cup. The story with Deșu and his chairman is included here (Romanian language)