Rudolf Bürger

Rudolf Bürger (31 October 1908 – 20 January 1980) was a Romanian international footballer and coach of German ethnicity in the 1920s and 1930s who is one of a few men who participated in each of the three pre-War FIFA World Cups.

Rudolf Bürger

Personal information
Date of birth	(1908-10-31)31 October 1908
Place of birth	Timișoara, Austria–Hungary
Date of death	20 January 1980(1980-01-20) (aged 71)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1920–1923	ESE Timişoara
1923	CS Tricolor Timişoara
1924	ETC Timişoara
1924–1926	Chinezul Timişoara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1930	Chinezul Timişoara	N/A	(N/A)
1930–1941	Ripensia Timişoara	122	(0)
National team
1929–1939[1]	Romania	34	(0)
Teams managed
1939–1940	Ripensia Timişoara
1942–1946	Politehnica Timişoara
1946–1948	CAM Timișoara
1948–1950	ASA Timişoara
1950	Politehnica Timişoara
1951–1952	Electroputere Craiova
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bürger played football for Ripensia Timişoara, the first professional team in Romania which came to prominence after 1932 under the direction of Rudolf Wetzer[2][3] and was strong in the 1930s.[4][5]

Wetzer was both captain and coach of the Romanian national team at the 1930 World Cup. Bürger did not play in the 2nd World Cup but made appearances in both the first and third editions of the competition.[6]