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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 February 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 30 August 1945 (aged 52) | ||
| 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 | |||
| International career | |||
| 1915–1919 | Hungary | 15 | (17) |
| Managerial career | |||
| DSV München | |||
| Wacker München | |||
| Hertha BSC Berlin | |||
| Wacker München | |||
| 1932–1935 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| 1935–1937 | MTK Budapest FC | ||
| 1938 | Hungary | ||
| 1940 | Rapid Bucharest | ||
| 1940–1942 | A.S. Roma | ||
| 1943–1944 | Ferencváros | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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] In the beginning of 1940, Schaffer was coach at Rapid Bucharest, but left after only a few months to sign with A.S. Roma.[8][9]
He coached Hungary at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[10]
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.[11]
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
- ^ a b c d e . 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).
- ^ a b "Allenatori dell' AS Roma 1927" (in Italian). ASR Talenti. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "European Topscorers before 1967/68". RSSSF. 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.
- ^ "Antrenorul legendar al lui AS Roma, convins de soţie să plece de la Rapid Bucureşti! Povestea emoţionantă a lui Alfred Schaffer" [The legendary coach of AS Roma, convinced by his wife to leave Rapid Bucharest! Alfred Schaffer's moving story] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Povestea lui Alfred Schaffer, antrenorul care a scris istorie pe "Olimpico"! A plecat de la Rapid la AS Roma" [The story of Alfred Schaffer, the coach who wrote history on "Olimpico"! He left Rapid for AS Roma] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Football's Greatest Managers…#9 Vittorio Pozzo". The Equaliser. 9 September 2010. from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Heimann, Helmut (2001). (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.