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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1906-01-14)14 January 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Fiume,Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 2 October 1983(1983-10-02) (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Nemi, Italy | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1925–1926 | Gloria Fiume | 15 | (10) |
| 1926–1927 | Fiorentina | 14 | (11) |
| 1927–1928 | Fiumana | 16 | (16) |
| 1928–1933 | Roma | 157 | (103) |
| 1933–1934 | Pisa | 30 | (16) |
| 1934–1935 | Triestina | 6 | (1) |
| 1935–1942 | Fiumana | 145 | (74) |
| 1945–1946 | R.O.M.S.A. Fiume | 2 | (0) |
| 1946–1948 | Proleter Fiume | ||
| 1948–1949 | Montevarchi | 14 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 1929–1930 | Italy B | 5 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rodolfo Volk (Sometimesitalianized inRodolfo Folchi) (14 January 1906 – 2 October 1983) was an Italianfootballer who played as aforward.
Volk is regarded as one of the most prolific goalscorers in the history ofRoma and is remembered as the club's first goalscorer in an official match.[1] As of May 2020 he is thefourth best goalscorer in Roma's history, having scored 103 goals in 157 league appearances.[1][2] In 2018, he was inducted into the club'sHall of Fame.[1]
Volk was born inFiume in 1906 and began to play football forU.S. Fiumana, the team of his city; he was known to be a powerfulstriker.
He played a non-official match withFiorentina under the fake surname ofBolteni, this was because he wasserving in the military, and was not permitted to do any other activity.
In 1928 he was signed up by the newly formed Italian clubA.S. Roma and became one of its most important players during the 1920s and the 1930s. He was the first official goalscorer inCampo Testaccio, the club's first-ever stadium.
Playing a total of 150 games with theGiallorossi, he scored 103 goals for the club, and scored the first goal in the first everDerby della Capitale, a 1–0 victory against cross-city rivalsS.S. Lazio in 1929.
During the1930–31 season, he was theSerie A top scorer with 29 goals in 33 games, helping Roma to finish as runners-up in the league.
He left Roma in 1933, due to personal problems withEnrique Guaita andElvio Banchero, and was signed up byPisa.
Rodolfo Volk was born in 1906 in theAdriatic port city ofFiume,Austria-Hungary (todayRijeka,Croatia), to an ethnicSlovene family.[3] The meaning of his family name Volk inSlovene iswolf,[2] a symbol of the club Roma where he spent his most prolific playing days and is considered a club legend.[1][2][4] During theinterwar period and thefascist state policy of forcedItalianization he was known under the Italianized name of Rodolfo Foschi (or Folchi).[1][4] In 1934 his first wife Giovanna died prematurely.[2] AfterWorld War II he and his second wife Maria, together with his two sons, wereforced to leave Rijeka and were eventually settled in a refugee camp inLaterina.[2] Later in life he moved toRome and made a living with the help of a number of low-paying jobs.[1][2][4] Volk died, on the night between 2 and 3 October 1983, impoverished and forgotten in a nursery home in a small town ofNemi.[1][2][4]
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