Alfréd Schaffer
Alfréd Schaffer (13 February 1893 – 30 August 1945) was a Hungarian international footballer.[1] He is recorded as having played for a record number of clubs: 21 in a 15-year career which lasted from 1910 to 1925.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 February 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 30 August 1945 52) | (aged||
Place of death | Prien am Chiemsee, Germany | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Tussen 1908 | |||
Typographia SC | |||
Lipótváaros TC | |||
Ferencváros | |||
Budapesti TC | |||
KAOE | |||
Fővárosi TC | |||
FSK | |||
Terézvárosi TC | |||
Tatabanya SK | |||
Budapesti AK | |||
1915–1919? | MTK | 154 | (89) |
1919–1920 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
Wacker München | |||
Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
Hamburger SV | |||
Bayern Munich | |||
1920 | FC Basel | 1 | (0) |
Sparta Prague | |||
Amateur Vienna | |||
New York Giants | |||
National team | |||
1915–1919 | Hungary | 15 | (17) |
Teams managed | |||
DSV München | |||
Wacker München | |||
Hertha BSC Berlin | |||
Wacker München | |||
1932–1935 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
1935–1937 | MTK Budapest FC | ||
1938 | Hungary | ||
1939–1940 | Rapid Bucharest | ||
1940–1942 | A.S. Roma | ||
1943–1944 | Ferencváros | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Career
Born in Budapest,[3][4] he joined MTK Budapest in 1915 and helped the club win three consecutive league titles,[1] and in the latter two of those seasons (1917–18 and 1918–19) he was the top European league goalscorer.[5] Between April and September 1920 Schaffer played for FC Basel. He played one championship game and 19 test matches scoring a total of 27 goals.[6]
After his playing days ended he became a football manager, and coached clubs such as 1. FC Nürnberg (for whom he also played), A.S. Roma and Ferencváros.[7]
He coached Hungary at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[8]
He became manager of Roma in 1940, and led them to the 1941–42 Serie A title, before leaving the club in 1942.[4]
He died in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, on 30 August 1945.[9]
Honours
- Hungarian League Championship – 1917, 1918, 1919 (with MTK)[1]
- German League Championship – 1921 (with 1. FC Nürnberg)[1]
- Austrian League Championship – 1924 (with Amateur Vienna)[1]
References
- "Schaffer, Alfred 'Spezi'". Encyclopedia of Jews in sports. Jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- Maxim Olenev (14 June 2007). "OTHER SOCCER RECORDS". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- "Schaffer Alfréd keresztelési anyakönyvi bejegyzése. Budapest, Óbuda, 89/1893". familysearch.org (in Hungarian).
- "Allenatori dell' AS Roma 1927" (in Italian). ASR Talenti. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- "European Topscorers before 1967/68". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "Alfréd Schaffer – FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- "Alfréd Schaffer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- "Football's Greatest Managers…#9 Vittorio Pozzo". The Equaliser. 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- Heimann, Helmut (2001). Tarzan, Puskás, Hansi Müller: Stelldichein donauschwäbischer (in German). Oswald Hartmann Verlag. pp. 157–170. ISBN 3-925921-49-4. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.