Jozef Karel

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| name = Jozef Karel

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|9|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Humenné, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|9|26|1922|9|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Košice, Slovakia

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| position = Midfielder

| years1 = |clubs1 = SAC Sečovce |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = |clubs2 = Snaha Košice |caps2 = |goals2 =

| years3 = 1942 |clubs3 = Slávia Prešov |caps3 = |goals3 =

| years4 = 1943–1948 |clubs4 = ŠK Bratislava |caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 1946–1947 |clubs5 = → CA Paris |caps5 = |goals5 =

| years6 = 1951–1953 |clubs6 = Dukla Prešov |caps6 = |goals6 =

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| nationalyears1 = 1944 |nationalteam1 = Slovakia |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1946–1948 |nationalteam2 = Czechoslovakia |nationalcaps2 = 7 |nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1949–1951 | managerclubs1 = PFK Piešťany

| manageryears2 = 1951–1957 | managerclubs2 = Tatran Prešov

| manageryears3 = 1957–1961 | managerclubs3 = Jednota Košice

| manageryears4 = 1961–1963 | managerclubs4 = Slavoj Trebišov

| manageryears5 = 1963–1965 | managerclubs5 = Tatran Prešov

| manageryears6 = 1965 | managerclubs6 = MŠK Martin

| manageryears7 = 1966–1968 | managerclubs7 = Kuvajt

| manageryears8 = 1968–1971 | managerclubs8 = Tatran Prešov

| manageryears9 = 1972–1977 | managerclubs9 = Slavoj Trebišov

| manageryears10 = 1977–1979 | managerclubs10 = Saprissa

| manageryears11 = 1979–1980 | managerclubs11 = ZŤS Košice

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Jozef Karel (13 September 1922 in Humenné – 26 September 2005 in Košice{{cite web | url = http://dennik.sme.sk/c/2401385/zomrel-jozef-karel.html | title = Zomrel Jozef Karel | accessdate = 25 July 2009 | date = 29 September 2005 | publisher = SME | language = Slovak | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110814123215/http://dennik.sme.sk/c/2401385/zomrel-jozef-karel.html | archive-date = 14 August 2011 | url-status = dead }}) was a Slovak football player and coach. A midfielder, he played for SAC Sečovce, Snaha Košice, Slávia Prešov, ŠK Bratislava and shortly for Red Star Saint-Ouen on a loan. He was selected to the France Football Top 20 Midfielders on the World in 1965.

Karel made one appearance for the First Slovak Republic in 1944 and seven appearances for the Czechoslovakia national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |title=Players Appearing for Two or More Countries |accessdate=10 July 2014 |website=RSSSF |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |archivedate= 3 August 2008 }}

He started his managing career in Piešťany where he spent two years and he went on with his work in Prešov, Jednota Košice (he led to the First League), Slavoj Trebišov,{{Cite web|url=http://www.slavojtrebisov.sk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=36|title = Slavoj Trebišov – Futbalový klub mesta Trebišov}} Martin, C.D. Saprissa (he won the title) and Kuwait.