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 of Újpest 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.

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