| Alfréd Schaffer | |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Prien am Chiemsee, Germany |
| Clubs1: | Tussen 1908 |
| Clubs2: | Typographia SC |
| Clubs3: | Lipótváaros TC |
| Clubs4: | Ferencváros |
| Clubs5: | Budapesti TC |
| Clubs6: | KAOE |
| Clubs7: | Fővárosi TC |
| Clubs8: | FSK |
| Clubs9: | Terézvárosi TC |
| Clubs10: | Tatabanya SK |
| Clubs11: | Budapesti AK |
| Years12: | 1915–1919 |
| Clubs12: | MTK |
| Caps12: | 154 |
| Goals12: | 89 |
| Years13: | 1919–1920 |
| Clubs13: | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Years14: | 1920-1922 |
| Clubs14: | Wacker München |
| Caps14: | 2 |
| Goals14: | 1[1] |
| Clubs15: | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Clubs16: | Hamburger SV |
| Clubs17: | Bayern Munich |
| Years18: | 1920 |
| Clubs18: | FC Basel |
| Caps18: | 1 |
| Goals18: | 0 |
| Years19: | 1923-1925 |
| Clubs19: | Amateur Vienna |
| Caps19: | 38 |
| Goals19: | 20[2] |
| Years20: | 1925-1926 |
| Clubs20: | Sparta Prague |
| Clubs21: | New York Giants |
| Nationalyears1: | 1915–1919 |
| Nationalteam1: | Hungary |
| Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 17 |
| Managerclubs1: | DSV München |
| Managerclubs2: | Wacker München |
| Managerclubs3: | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| Managerclubs4: | Wacker München |
| Manageryears5: | 1932–1935 |
| Managerclubs5: | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Manageryears6: | 1935–1937 |
| Managerclubs6: | MTK Budapest FC |
| Manageryears7: | 1938 |
| Managerclubs7: | Hungary |
| Manageryears8: | 1940 |
| Managerclubs8: | Rapid Bucharest |
| Manageryears9: | 1940–1942 |
| Managerclubs9: | A.S. Roma |
| Manageryears10: | 1943–1944 |
| Managerclubs10: | Ferencváros |
Alfréd Schaffer (13 February 1893 – 30 August 1945) was a Hungarian international footballer.[3] He is recorded as having played for a record number of clubs: 21 in a 15-year career which lasted from 1910 to 1925.[4]
Born in Budapest,[5] he joined MTK Budapest in 1915 and helped the club win three consecutive league titles,[3] 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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] In the beginning of 1940, Schaffer was coach at Rapid Bucharest, but left after only a few months to sign with A.S. Roma.[9] [10]
He coached Hungary at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[11]
He became manager of Roma in 1940, and led them to the 1941–42 Serie A title, before leaving the club in 1942.[12]
He died in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, on 30 August 1945.[13]