Rodolfo Volk

Rodolfo Volk

Personal information
Full name	Rodolfo Volk
Date of birth	(1906-01-14)14 January 1906
Place of birth	Fiume, Austria-Hungary
Date of death
Place of death	Nemi, Italy
Position(s)	Striker
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 (Sometimes italianized in Rodolfo Folchi) (born 14 January 1906 in Fiume – died 2 October 1983 in Nemi) was an Italian footballer.

He is the third goalscorer in A.S. Roma's history, having scored 103 goals in over 150 appearances.

Biography

He was born in Fiume in 1906 and began to play for the U.S. Fiumana, team of his city; he was a powerful striker.

He played a non-official match with Fiorentina under the fake surname of Bolteni, this was because he was serving the military service and couldn't do any other activity.

In 1928 he was signed up by the barely constituted A.S. Roma and became one of its most important players during the 1920s and the 1930s. He was the first official goalscorer in Campo Testaccio, the first Roma's stadium.

Playing an amount of 150 games with the Giallorossi scoring 103 goals, he was the scorer of the first Derby della Capitale, a 1–0 victory against S.S. Lazio in 1929.

During the season 1930–31 he became Serie A Topscorer with 29 goals in 33 games, helping Roma to finish as runners-up.

He left Roma in 1933 for personal problems with Enrique Guaita and Elvio Banchero and was signed up by Pisa.

When he finished his football career, he worked as janitor in Rome, and died in 1983 in misery in the town of Nemi.

References

• Rodolfo Volk's Biography
• Rodolfo Volk's Biography