Imre Schlosser was a footballer who represented the Hungary national football team as a striker between 1906 and 1921, and again in 1926 and 1927. He scored his first international goal on 4 November 1906, aged 17 years and 24 days, in a 3–1 win over Austria. From there, he become both his country's and Europe's all-time top scorer in international football, scoring 59 goals in 68 times for Hungary (the team won 70% of the games in which they fielded Schlosser), resulting in a ratio of 0.87 goals per match. He held that position for 40 years, until being overtaken by Ferenc Puskás (84) and Sándor Kocsis (75) in the 50s, both members of the nation's Golden Team.

Schlosser was the first footballer to score 50 international goals, achieving the feat when he scored a brace (two goals) in a 6–2 victory against Austria on 3 June 1917. Schlosser scored 5 hat-tricks for Hungary, including a 5-goal haul in a 12–0 win over Russia and a 6-goal haul against Switzerland in a 9–0 win, but the most important came on 3 July 1912, when he netted his side's three goals in a 3–1 win over Germany in the 1912 Summer Olympics consolation tournament semi-finals, and Schlosser also scored in the final against Austria.

International goals Scores and results list Hungary's goal tally first and score column indicates the score after each Schlosser goal. + List of international goals scored by Imre Schlosser No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 12 4 November 1906 Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest, Hungary 3–1 Friendly 27 5 April 1908 5–2 3 410 1 November 1908 (*) 5–3 511 4 April 1909 3–3 612 2 May 1909 Cricketer Platz, Vienna, Austria 4–2 7 8 914 31 May 1909 Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest, Hungary 2–8 1015 7 November 1909 2–2 11 1217 26 May 1910 6–1 13 1419 1 January 1911 Stade Charentonneau, Maisons-Alfort, France 3–0 15 16 1720 6 January 1911 Arena Civica, Milan, Italy 1–0 1823 29 October 1911 Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest, Hungary 9–0 19 20 21 22 23 2425 17 December 1911 Männer-Turn-Verein, Munich, Germany 4–1 25 2626 14 April 1912 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 4–4 2729 23 June 1912 Kristiania, Oslo, Norway 6–0 28 2931 3 July 1912 Råsunda IP, Stockholm, Sweden 3–1 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament 30 31 3232 5 July 1912 3–0 3333 12 July 1912 Sokolniki Pitch, Moscow, Russia 9–0 Friendly 34 3534 14 July 1912 12–0 36 37 38 39 4035 3 November 1912 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 4–0 Wagner Trophy 41 4237 18 May 1913 2–0 Friendly 4340 19 June 1914 Råsunda IP, Stockholm, Sweden 5–1 4441 21 June 1914 1–1 4542 4 October 1914 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 2–2 4645 30 May 1915 Prater Sportplatz, Vienna, Austria 2–1 4746 3 October 1915 2–4 4848 4 June 1916 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 2–1 4950 5 November 1916 Prater Sportplatz, Vienna, Austria 3–3 5051 6 May 1917 1–1 5152 3 June 1917 Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 6–2 52 5353 15 July 1917 Prater Sportplatz, Vienna, Austria 4–1 5456 14 April 1918 Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 2–0 5557 12 May 1918 2–1 5658 2 June 1918 Prater Sportplatz, Vienna, Austria 2–0 5763 5 June 1921 Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 3–0 5864 6 November 1921 Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary 4–2 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.

Hat-tricks

Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 Vienna Cricket and Football-Club, Vienna, Austria 3 – (35', 54'(pen.), 73'(pen.)) 4–3 Friendly 2 Stade Charentonneau, Maisons-Alfort, Finland 3 – (10', 30', 49') 6–1 3 Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest Hungary 6 – (18', 56', 62', 79', 83', 85') 9–0 4 Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden 3 – (4', 40', 82') 3–1 1912 SO – Consolation tournament semi-finals 5 Sokolniki Pitch, Moscow, Russia 5 – (39', 50', 69', 71', 90') 12–0 Friendly

Statistics

Hungary national teamYearAppsGoals190621190740190843190957191032191171219121016191331191453191542191632191754191843191910192010192142192620192710Total6858

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 53 1912 Summer Olympics 4 Wagner Trophy 2 Total 59

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

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