Henrik Nádler (19 March 1901 – 12 May 1944) was a Hungarian international footballer who played as a left midfielder.[1][2] He was a seven-time Hungarian champion while playing for MTK Budapest.[3][2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1901-03-19)19 March 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 12 May 1944(1944-05-12) (aged 43) | ||
Place of death |
Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar, Nazi Germany | ||
Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1919–1930 | MTK Budapest | ||
National team | |||
1924–1926 | Hungary | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nádler was born in Budapest and was Jewish.[3] He was the son of Izsák, a suitcase maker, and Roza Acht, and had six siblings: Bertalan, Emma, Gizella, Illés, Renee, and Rozalia.[4]
He played football for MTK Budapest between 1919 and 1930. Nádler was a seven-time league champion for MTK (1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, and 1928–29) and two-time Hungarian Cup winner (1923 and 1925).[2][3][5] He scored six goals in 107 matches in all competitions for the club.[3]
Between 1924 and 1926, Nádler earned seven caps for the Hungary national team.[3] He was a member of the team that participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics,[6] but he did not play in any matches.[7]
Nádler died as a laborer at the hands of the Nazis during World War II.[3] While the place and time of his death is given in some sources as Mauthausen concentration camp in 1945,[3] he died in Germany, in Buchenwald concentration camp, on 12 May 1944.[3][2]
Hungary football squad – 1924 Summer Olympics | ||
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