István Avar

István Avar

Personal information
Full name	István Avar / Ștefan Auer
Date of birth	(1905-05-28)28 May 1905
Place of birth	Arad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death
Place of death	Kaposvár, Hungary
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919-26	AMEF Arad	?	(?)
1926-27	Colțea Brașov	?	(?)
1928-35	Újpest FC	150	(161)
1936-41	Rapid București	73	(56)
International career
1926-27	Romania	2	(3)
1929-35	Hungary	21	(24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

István Avar (German: Stefan Auer, Romanian: Ștefan Auer) (28 May 1905 – 13 October 1977) was footballer of German descent who at various times competed for both Hungary and Romanian. He played for Újpest FC, most famous for playing for the Hungarian national team in the 1934 World Cup. He was born in Arad, Romania.

With Újpest, Avar won the Mitropa Cup in 1929, being the competition's top scorer with ten goals, and the Coupe des Nations in 1930.

After 1941, he became the player-manager of Kaposvári Rákóczi. He died in Kaposvár.

Records

Matches

• Divizia A 73 matches - 56 goals
• First Division Hungary 150 matches - 162 goals
• Topscorer of Divizia A 1940 - 21 goals
• Romanian Cup 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940
• European Cups (Mitropa Cup) (7 matches - 1 goal)

External links

• István Avar's profile on romaniansoccer.ro