Adolf Kertész

Adolf Kertész
Personal information
Full name	Adolf Kertész
Date of birth	15 March 1892
Place of birth	Kisfalud, Austria–Hungary
Date of death	November 1920 (aged 28)
Place of death	Saarbrücken, Germany
Position(s)	Half back
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Adolf Kertész (15 March 1892 – November 1920; nicknamed "Kertész III")[1] was a Hungarian footballer who played as a half back at both the professional level for MTK Budapest (winning the Hungarian League championship four times and the Hungarian Cup once) and the international level for the Hungary national football team. He was Jewish.[2]

Career

Kertész played left midfielder in club football for MTK Budapest between 1909 and 1920.[3] He scored 19 goals in 148 league matches.[1] He won the Hungarian League championship with MTK four times (1913–14, 1916–17, 1917–18, and 1919–20).[1] He was a member of the side that won the 1909–10 Hungarian Cup.[1]

Kertész also represented Hungary at international level, earning 11 caps between 1911 and 1920.[3]

Kertész, who was Jewish, was born in Kisfalud, Austria–Hungary.[1][4][2][3] He had two older brothers who were also footballers - Vilmos and Gyula.[3][2]

Kertész died in a car accident in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he had settled, in November 1920, aged 28.[3][1]

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