Alfréd Schaffer (13 February 1893 – 30 August 1945) was a Hungarian international footballer.[5] He is recorded as having played for a record number of clubs: 21 in a 15-year career which lasted from 1910 to 1925.[6]
Career
Born in Budapest,[7][8] he joined MTK Budapest in 1915 and helped the club win three consecutive league titles,[5] and in the latter two of those seasons (1917–18 and 1918–19) he was the top European league goalscorer with 42 and 41 goals respectively.[9] Between April and September 1920 Schaffer played for FC Basel. He played one championship game and 19 test matches scoring a total of 27 goals.[10]
After his playing days ended he became a football manager, and coached clubs such as 1. FC Nürnberg (for whom he also played), A.S. Roma and Ferencváros.[11] In the beginning of 1940, Schaffer was coach at Rapid Bucharest, but left after only a few months to sign with A.S. Roma.[12][13]