István Avar
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | István Avar/Ștefan Auer | ||
Date of birth | 28 May 1905 | ||
Place of birth | Arad, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 13 October 1977 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Kaposvár, Hungary | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1919–1926 | AMEF Arad | 25 | (41) |
1926–1927 | Colțea Brașov | 11 | (19) |
1928–1935 | Újpest FC | 150 | (161) |
1936–1941 | Rapid București | 73 | (56) |
1941–1943 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | 69 | (50) |
Total | 328 | (327[1]) | |
International career | |||
1926–1927 | Romania | 2 | (3) |
1929–1935 | Hungary | 21 | (24) |
Managerial career | |||
1937–1939 | Rapid București | ||
1940–1941 | Rapid București | ||
1941–1943 | Kaposvári Rákóczi | ||
19??–1955 | Kaposvári Dózsa | ||
1957 | Kaposvári Kinizsi | ||
1959–1960 | Kaposvári Kinizsi | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
István Avar (German: Stefan Auer, Romanian: Ștefan Auer) (28 May 1905 – 13 October 1977) was a footballer and manager of German descent who at various times competed for both Hungary and Romania as a forward. He played for Újpest FC, most famous for playing for the Hungary national team in the 1934 World Cup. He was born in Arad, Hungary, which became part of Romania in 1920.
With Újpest, Avar won the Mitropa Cup in 1929, being the competition's top scorer with ten goals,[2] and the Coupe des Nations in 1930. After 1941, he became the player-manager of Kaposvári Rákóczi. He died in Kaposvár in 1977, aged 72.
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]- Újpest FC
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I (4): 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35
- Mitropa Cup (1): 1929
- Coupe des Nations 1930
- Rapid București
- Romanian Cup (4): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40
International
[edit]- Hungary
- Central European International Cup: Bronze: 1931-32
- Central European International Cup: Bronze: 1933-35
Coach
[edit]- Rapid București
- Romanian Cup (2): 1938–39, 1939–40
Individual
[edit]- Central European International Cup top scorer: 1931-32 - 8 goals
- Divizia A 73 matches – 56 goals
- First Division Hungary 150 matches – 162 goals
- Topscorer of Divizia A 1940 – 21 goals
- European Cups (Mitropa Cup) (7 matches – 1 goal)
References
[edit]- ^ "Prolific Scorers Data - Ștefan Auer (Istvan Avar) - Additional Data".
- ^ Rota, Davide. "Mitropa Cup Topscorers". Mitropa Cup. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
External links
[edit]- István Avar at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- István Avar at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1977 deaths
- Footballers from Arad, Romania
- People from the Kingdom of Hungary
- Hungarian people of German descent
- Romanian people of German descent
- Hungarian men's footballers
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Romania men's international footballers
- Hungary men's international footballers
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- Vagonul Arad players
- CS Colțea Brașov players
- Újpest FC players
- FC Rapid București players
- Hungarian football managers
- Romanian football managers
- FC Rapid București managers
- Liga I players
- Hungarian football forward stubs
- Romanian football forward stubs