Imre Payer

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameImre József•Payer (Perényi)
Used nameImre•Payer
Nick/petnamesDumás
Born1 June 1888 in Sopronkövesd, Győr-Moson-Sopron (HUN)
Died16 August 1957 in Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron (HUN)
AffiliationsFerencvárosi TC, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

Imre Payer moved from Győr to Ferencvaros in 1910. He was the club’s first footballer ever joining the Budapest team from a rural town. He won four league titles and a Hungarian Cup and played 166 matches (90 championship, 51 international, 25 home) and scored 20 goals (13 championship, 7 others). In 1919, he left his club and played for a short time in Wien (Vienna). He finished active football in 1921 with the Zuglói AC team.

Between 1911 and 1918, Payer was capped 21 times, scoring 4 goals. He was a member of the 1912 Stockholm Olympics team. From 1921 he worked as a coach in Italy, mainly working with second and third class teams until 1942. Payer returned to Hungary in 1955.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Football (Football) HUN Imre Payer
Football, Men (Olympic) Hungary =5