István Avar (German: Stefan Auer, Romanian: 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. He played for Újpest FC, most famous for playing for the Hungarian national team in the 1934 World Cup. He was born in Arad, Hungary, which became part of Romania in 1920.

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	13 October 1977(1977-10-13) (aged 72)
Place of death	Kaposvár, Hungary
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1926	AMEF Arad	?	(?)
1926–1927	Colțea Brașov	?	(?)
1928–1935	Újpest FC	150	(161)
1936–1941	Rapid București	73	(56)
National team
1926–1927	Romania	2	(3)
1929–1935	Hungary	21	(24)
Teams managed
1937–1939	Rapid București
1940–1941	Rapid București
Honours Representing  Hungary Central European International Cup 1931-32 Central European International Cup 1933-35 Central European International Cup
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

With Újpest, Avar won the Mitropa Cup in 1929, being the competition's top scorer with ten goals,[1] and the Coupe des Nations 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
• Coupe des Nations 1930

Rapid București

• Romanian Cup (4): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40

International

Hungary

• Central European International Cup: Bronze: 1931-32
• Central European International Cup: Bronze: 1933-35

Coach

Rapid București

• Romanian Cup (2): 1938–39, 1939–40

Individual

• Central European International Cup top scorer: 1931-32 - 8 goals
• Divizia A 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

External links

• István Avar at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• István Avar at National-Football-Teams.com

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[ru] Авар, Иштван