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Imre Schlosser

Hungarian footballerThe native form of this personal name is Schlosser Imre.:This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Imre Schlosser (also known as Imre Schlosser-Lakatos; 11 October 1889 – 18 July 1959) was a Hungarian footballer of Danube Swabian ancestry who played as a forward. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian National Championship.

Contents

  • 1 Career
    • 1.1 International goals
  • 2 Honours
  • 3 See also
  • 4 References

Career

The son of János Schlosser and Maria Kettner, Schlosser made his debut for Hungary on 7 October 1906, aged 16 years, 361 days, in a 4–4 draw with Bohemia. In a national team career that would last more than 20 years, Schlosser played 68 times for Hungary (the team won 70% of the games in which they fielded Schlosser), and scored 59 goals, a ratio of 0.87 goals per match.

In his club career, Schlosser reportedly scored 417 league goals, a number believed to be the sixth highest of all-time. He managed IFK Norrköping.

International goals

Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first.
  • Note, according to Austrian sources Schlosser scored both the goals for 3–2 and 4–2; one Hungarian source credits the 4–2 to Béla Krempels.

Honours

Ferencvárosi TC

  • Hungarian League: 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1927
  • Hungarian Cup: 1913, 1927

MTK Hungária FC

  • Hungarian League: 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922
  • Hungarian Top Scorer: 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1917
  • European Top Scorer: 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914

See also

  • List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
  • List of footballers with 500 or more goals

References