Károly Nemes

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| name = Károly Nemes
Dragutin Nemeš

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| birth_date = 1895

| birth_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary

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| position = Goalkeeper

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| years1 = 1914–1915

| clubs1 = MTK Budapest

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| years2 = 1915–1916

| clubs2 = Wiener Sport-Club

| caps2 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1917–1919

| clubs3 = Rapid Wien

| caps3 = 27

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1920–1924

| clubs4 = NAK Novi Sad

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| years5 = 1924–1925

| clubs5 = SK Jugoslavija[https://web.archive.org/web/20180605212557/http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/igraci/article/72 Nemes - Igrači Prve lige - Ex-Yu Fudbal]

| caps5 = 6

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| manageryears1 = 1930

| managerclubs1 = AS-23

| manageryears2 = 1930

| managerclubs2 = Bulgaria

| manageryears3 = 1930–1931

| managerclubs3 = Luzern

| manageryears4 = 1933

| managerclubs4 = SK Jugoslavija

| manageryears5 = 1935

| managerclubs5 = Vojvodina

| manageryears6 = 1935–1937

| managerclubs6 = NAK Novi Sad

| manageryears7 = 1940

| managerclubs7 = Vojvodina

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Károly Nemes, also known as Dragutin Nemeš, was a Hungarian football goalkeeper and coach. He is best known for his work on champion teams of SK Rapid Wien and SK Jugoslavija. He coached throughout Central and South-Eastern Europe.[https://ru.fccska.com/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%88 Карой Немеш]

Career

=Player=

He played with Wiener Sport-Club[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/nat/statsn/1910_1919/o1__1_klasse__no_fussballverband_191509.htm Ö1 (1.Klasse) NÖ Fußballverband 1915 Wr. Sportclub] at austriasoccer.at and next MTK Budapest[http://www.rapidarchiv.at/spieler/nemes_karoly.html Karoly Nemes] at Rapidarchiv.at and then became the first foreigner to play in SK Rapid Wien. He played two seasons with Rapid, between 1917 and 1919, and, after serving as vice-champion in 1917–18. A year later he won the double, the 1918–19 Austrian football championship and the 1919 Austrian Cup. He played a total of 27 league matches for Rapid.

In 1920 he moved to Yugoslavia, then known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where he continued his career. Initially he joined NAK Novi Sad and later was brought to Belgrade to join SK Jugoslavija and win the Yugoslav Championship two times in a row, in 1924 and 1925. He made 6 appearances[http://www.exyufudbal.in.rs/igraci/article/72 Karoly Nemes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223080501/http://exyufudbal.in.rs/igraci/article/72 |date=2016-12-23 }} at exyufudbal.in.rs in those two seasons in the Yugoslav championship and many more in the First League of the Belgrade Football Subassociation. While in Yugoslavia he became commonly known either as Karlo or Dragutin Nemeš.[http://www.fkvojvodina.com/download.php "Pola veka"] by Vladislav Beljanski, Jovan Dejanović, Luka Dotlić, Kosta Hadži and Jovan Vilovac (pags. 104, 105) {{in lang|sr}}

=Coach=

Nemes coaching abilities were characterised as of the avant-garde Central European school, noted for his psychological preparation of the team before matches, beside a developed work in the physical condition of the players.

In 1927 he was brought by SK Vojvodina president Kosta Hadži to Novi Sad where he first coached, briefly replacing main coach Otto Neczas. He was the coach of the Bulgarian national team in 1930.[http://www.ofkbeograd.net/index.php?id=199 "Fudbal u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512115722/http://www.ofkbeograd.net/index.php?id=199 |date=2012-05-12 }} by Milorad Sijić, (pag. 172) {{in lang|sr}} Between Summer 1930 and September 1931 he coached Swiss side FC Luzern.[http://www.fcl.ch/dynasite.cfm?dsmid=89930 List of coaches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707111721/http://fcl.ch/dynasite.cfm?dsmid=89930 |date=2014-07-07 }} at FC Luzern official website He had a second coaching spell with Vojvodina in 1935, staying for almost two years.

He coached his former team SK Jugoslavija in 1933. Then he coached NAK Novi Sad winning with them the Novi Sad Football Subassociation League and a third place in the 1936 Yugoslav Football Championship.[http://www.fkvojvodina.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1474 fkvojvodina.com] (see bottom image) He coached in Germany, Switzerland and Bulgaria. During the 1930s he coached Cibalia Vinkovci."FK Bačka Mol", page 92

He later moved to Hungary and lived in Jánoshalma.