Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | January 1, 1906 | ||
Place of birth | Temesvár, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 1996 (aged 89–90) | ||
Place of death | Germany | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1925–1928 | CAM Timișoara | – | (–) |
1928–1929 | Colțea Brașov | – | (–) |
1929–1939 | Unirea Tricolor București | 90 | (5) |
1939–1940 | Olympia București | – | (–) |
International career | |||
1930–1935 [1] | Romania | 18 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1934–1937 | Unirea Tricolor București (player-coach) | ||
1940 | Venus București | ||
1946–1947 | Carmen București | ||
1947–1948 | ITA Arad | ||
1948 | Romania | ||
1948–1952 | Rapid București | ||
1960 | Romania U21 | ||
1963–1964 | Farul Constanța | ||
1968–1969 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
1969 | ASA Târgu Mureș | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Petre Steinbach (January 1, 1906 in Timișoara, Romania – 1996 in Germany), was a Romanian football midfielder and manager.
His career in club football was spent at CAM Timișoara between 1925 and 1928, also playing for Colțea Brașov in 1928–1929, then he moved to Unirea Tricolor București, where he spent 10 years, for a while as a player-coach. [2] [3] [4] Steinbach finished his playing career in the 1939–1940 season at Olympia București. [2] After World War II, Steinbach, because of his German origins was sent for a while to forced labour in the USSR, Joseph Stalin considering that German people doing forced labour was a way for the Germans to pay "war reparations". [3] [4] In 1947 he became coach at ITA Arad, helping the team win the second title in the club's history. [3] [4] Steinbach was also a writer, he wrote two volumes about football: [3] [4]
Petre Steinbach played 18 games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a 5–3 away loss against Bulgaria at the 1929–31 Balkan Cup, a tournament in which he also played in the rematch, which ended with a 5–2 victory, in a 4–2 away victory against Yugoslavia and in a 4–2 away victory against Greece, helping Romania win the competition. [1] [5] He was also part of Romania's squad at the first World Cup, the 1930 edition. [3] Steinbach played three games at the three games at the 1932 Balkan Cup. [1] He also played three games at the 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs and two at the 1933 Balkan Cup, both tournaments being won by Romania. [1]
Unirea Tricolor București
Romania
Unirea Tricolor București
ITA Arad