Robert Sadowski

Robert Sadowski (16 August 1914 – 2000) was a Romanian football goalkeeper, who earned five caps for Romania, and participated in the 1938 World Cup. He also played ice hockey, representing the national team in three World Championships.

Football career Club career Sadowski, nicknamed by the press "Frumosul Robert" (Handsome Robert), was born on 16 August 1914 in Cernăuți, Austria-Hungary and began playing football as a goalkeeper at local club Muncitorul. In the following season he helped the club earn a second place in the league and win another Cupa României, being used the full 90 minutes by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–3 victory against Unirea Tricolor București in the final. In the 1941–42 season, Sadowski helped The Railwaymen win the third consecutive Cupa României, being again used by Baratky the whole match in the final, a 7–1 win over Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu. In 1947 he left Rapid after Valentin Stănescu was brought as goalkeeper, initially going to play for Divizia B team, Astra Română Poiana Câmpina, but eventually he stayed in Divizia A for one more season at Ciocanul București.

International career Sadowski played five games for Romania, making his debut on 6 September 1937 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a 2–1 away loss to Yugoslavia in the King Carol II friendly tournament. He was selected by coaches Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated in the 1938 World Cup. His teammate Dumitru Pavlovici played in the first game against Cuba which ended in a 3–3 draw, but Sadowski played in the replay that ended with a surprising 2–1 loss. In the following years, he played in a 3–2 victory against Slovakia and a draw against Poland in which he kept a clean sheet, both of which were friendlies. He then went to play for a few years for his hometown team, Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți, with whom he won another Romanian league title. Afterwards, Sadowski joined for one season Rapid București where he was teammates with Mihai Flamaropol, helping the club win the 1940 title. In 1940 he went alongside Flamaropol to play for Juventus București for six seasons, winning four titles. He ended his career in 1947 after one year spent at HC Ciocanul București. He appeared in three games in the following World Championships when Romania finished in 13th place. During the 1947 edition, Sadowski made a personal record of six appearances in a final tournament, as the team finished in 7th place.

Death Sadowski died in 2000 at age 86.

Honours Footballer Rapid București Cupa României: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42

Ice hockey player HC Bragadiru București Romanian Hockey League: 1936 Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți Romanian Hockey League: 1938 Rapid București Romanian Hockey League: 1940 Juventus București Romanian Hockey League: 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946