István Avar (german: Stefan Auer, ro, 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
Arad (; German and Hungarian: ''Arad,'' ) is the capital city of Arad County, Transylvania. It is the third largest city in Western Romania, behind Timișoara and Oradea, and the 12th largest in Romania, with a population of 159,704.
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, 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,
and the
Coupe des Nations
Coupe des Nations 1930 ( en, Cup of Nations) was a football tournament in the summer of 1930 in Geneva, Switzerland, organized by local club Servette FC. Servette had just won the Swiss championship, and organized this event as a counterpoint to t ...
in 1930. After 1941, he became the player-manager of
Kaposvári Rákóczi. He died in
Kaposvár in 1977, aged 72.
Honours
Player
;Újpest FC
*
Nemzeti Bajnokság I (4):
1929–30,
1930–31,
1932–33,
1934–35
*
Mitropa Cup (1):
1929
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*
Coupe des Nations 1930
Coupe des Nations 1930 ( en, Cup of Nations) was a football tournament in the summer of 1930 in Geneva, Switzerland, organized by local club Servette FC. Servette had just won the Swiss championship, and organized this event as a counterpoint to t ...
;Rapid București
*
Romanian Cup (4):
1936–37,
1937–38,
1938–39,
1939–40
International
;Hungary
*
Central European International Cup
The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central Europe & South Europe between 1927 and 1960.Leo Schidrowitz "Internationaler Cup", Vienna 1954 There were competitions f ...
: Bronze:
1931-32
*
Central European International Cup
The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central Europe & South Europe between 1927 and 1960.Leo Schidrowitz "Internationaler Cup", Vienna 1954 There were competitions f ...
: Bronze:
1933-35
Coach
;Rapid București
*
Romanian Cup (2):
1938–39,
1939–40
Individual
*
Central European International Cup
The European International Cup of Nations was an international football competition held by certain national teams from Central Europe & South Europe between 1927 and 1960.Leo Schidrowitz "Internationaler Cup", Vienna 1954 There were competitions f ...
top scorer:
1931-32 - 8 goals
*
Divizia A
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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
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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 men's international footballers
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
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