Imre Schlosser

Imre Schlosser
Personal information
Full nameImre Schlosser-Lakatos
Date of birth11 October 1889
Place of birthHungary
Date of death19 July 1959 (aged 69)
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1905–1916Ferencvárosi TC155(258)
1916–1922MTK Hungária FC125(141)
1925–1926Wiener Sport Club17(6)
1926–1927Ferencvárosi TC14(11)
1927–1928BVSC Budapest9(1)
Career Total 320(417)
National team
1906–1927Hungary68(59)
Teams managed
1923–1924IFK Norrköping
1924–1929Wisla Kraków
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Imre Schlosser-Lakatos (11 October 1889 – 19 July 1959) was a Hungarian footballer of Danube Swabian ancestry. He still holds the record as the highest goalscorer in the history of the Hungarian League.

Schlosser made his debut for Hungary on 7 October 1906, aged 16 years, 256 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.[1][2]

Honours

Hungary Ferencvárosi TC

Hungary MTK Hungária FC

Hungary Hungarian Top Goalscorer (7): 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1917

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