Heinrich Schönfeld

Heinrich Schönfeld (born 3 August 1900) was an Austrian football player who played as a forward, and football manager.

For the Baroque painter, see Johann Heinrich Schönfeld.
Heinrich Schönfeld
Personal information
Date of birth (1900-08-03)3 August 1900
Place of birth Kolozsvár, Austria–Hungary
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1916–1921 SpC Rudolfshügel ? (?)
1921–1923 Merano ? (?)
1923–1925 Torino 30 (23)
1925–1926 Inter Milan 14 (7)
1926 Hakoah Vienna 8 (6)
1926–1927 Brooklyn Wanderers 6 (3)
1927–1928 Hakoah Vienna 10 (4)
1928–1929 Brooklyn Hakoah 12 (11)
1929–1930 Hakoah All-Stars 6 (0)
Teams managed
1930–1933 Juventus Trapani
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Schönfeld was Jewish.[1][2][3] He made his professional debut as a goalkeeper in 1916 at 16 years of age for Austrian team SpC Rudolfshügel, but was later converted into a striker.[4] He moved to Sportclub Meran in 1921.

In 1923 he moved to Italian side Torino. There, he became the top scorer in the 1923–1924 Serie A, scoring 22 goals, in 20 games, as he scored 51.1% of this team's goals.[4]

He spent one season with Inter Milan.[4] He returned to Austria in 1926 with Hakoah Vienna.[4] In 1926, he played a tour in the United States with Hakoah.[1]

He later spent time playing in the American Soccer League with Brooklyn Wanderers, Brooklyn Hakoah, and New York Hakoah.[5][4][6][7] He played in Italy between 1930 and 1933 for Juventus Trapani.

References
  3. Stanley Bernard Frank (1936). The Jew in Sports
  4. "Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.: Capocannonieri". February 27, 2013.
  5. Wilson, Jonathan; Osborn, George; Smyth, Rob; Fryer, Rupert; Young, James (December 1, 2016). "The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Twenty Three". Blizzard Media Ltd – via Google Books.
  7. Bliss, Dominic (2014). Erbstein: the triumph and tragedy of football's forgotten pioneer. Blizzard Media Ltd – via Google Books.


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