Personal information | |||
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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 | ||
1920-1922 | Wacker München | 2 | (1 [1]) |
Eintracht Frankfurt | |||
Hamburger SV | |||
Bayern Munich | |||
1920 | FC Basel | 1 | (0) |
1923-1925 | Amateur Vienna | 38 | (20 [2]) |
1925-1926 | Sparta Prague | ||
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 |
Alfréd Schaffer (13 February 1893 – 30 August 1945) was a Hungarian international footballer. [3] He is recorded as having played for a record number of clubs: 21 in a 15-year career which lasted from 1910 to 1925. [4]
Born in Budapest, [5] [6] he joined MTK Budapest in 1915 and helped the club win three consecutive league titles, [3] and in the latter two of those seasons (1917–18 and 1918–19) he was the top European league goalscorer with 42 and 41 goals respectively. [7] 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. [8]
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. [9] In the beginning of 1940, Schaffer was coach at Rapid Bucharest, but left after only a few months to sign with A.S. Roma. [10] [11]
He coached Hungary at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. [12]
He became manager of Roma in 1940, and led them to the 1941–42 Serie A title, before leaving the club in 1942. [6]
He died in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, on 30 August 1945. [13]