- István Avar
Football player infobox
playername= István Avar
fullname = István Avar/Ştefan Auer
dateofbirth = birth date|1905|5|30|mf=y
cityofbirth = Arad
dateofdeath = death date and age|1977|10|15|1905|5|30
countryofbirth =Austria-Hungary
height = Height|m=1.76
position = Forward
years = 1919-26
1926-27
1928-35
1936-41
clubs=AMEFA Arad Colţea Braşov Újpest FC Rapid Bucureşti
caps(goals) =
149 (161)
69 (50)
nationalyears = 1926-27
1929-35
nationalteam = Romania
Hungary
nationalcaps(goals) = 2 (3)
21 (24)István Avar ( _ro. Ştefan Auer) (
May 30 ,1905 –October 15 ,1977 ) was a Hungarian footballer and a legend ofÚjpest FC , most famous for playing for the Hungarian national team in the 1934 World Cup. He was born in Arad,Transylvania , now part of Romania, having become part of Romania in 1918.With Újpest, Avar won the Mitropa Cup in 1929, being the competition's top scorer with ten goals, [cite web | last =Rota | first =Davide | title =Mitropa Cup Topscorers | work =Mitropa Cup | publisher =Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | date =2003-01-06 | url =http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/mittops.html | accessdate =2008-08-14 ] and the Coupe des Nations in 1930.
After 1941, he became the player-manager of Kaposvári Rákóczi. He died in
Kaposvár .References
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