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The native form of this personal name is Schaffer Alfréd. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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]

Career

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]

Honours

  • Hungarian League Championship – 1917, 1918, 1919 (with MTK)[3]
  • German League Championship – 1921 (with 1. FC Nürnberg)[3]
  • Austrian League Championship – 1924 (with Amateur Vienna)[3]

References

  1. ^ "Alfréd Schaffer - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter.
  2. ^ "Fussball in Österreich SpielerstatstikSchaffer Alfred". www.austriasoccer.at.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Schaffer, Alfred 'Spezi'". Encyclopedia of Jews in sports. Jewsinsports.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. ^ Maxim Olenev (14 June 2007). "OTHER SOCCER RECORDS". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Schaffer Alfréd keresztelési anyakönyvi bejegyzése. Budapest, Óbuda, 89/1893". familysearch.org (in Hungarian).
  6. ^ a b "Allenatori dell' AS Roma 1927" (in Italian). ASR Talenti. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  7. ^ "European Topscorers before 1967/68". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  8. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". "Alfréd Schaffer – FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv". Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Alfréd Schaffer". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Football's Greatest Managers…#9 Vittorio Pozzo". The Equaliser. 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  13. ^ 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.
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