Jozef Karel (13 September 1922 in

Humenné Humenné (; hu, Homonna; ukr, Гуменне) is a town in the Prešov Region ("kraj") in eastern Slovakia and the second largest town of the historic Zemplín region. It lies at the volcanic Vihorlat mountains and at the confluence of the La ...

– 26 September 2005 in

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

) was a Slovak

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player and coach. A

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, 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

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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. He started his managing career in Piešťany where he spent two years and he went on with his work in

Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...

, Jednota Košice (he led to the First League), Slavoj Trebišov, Martin,

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(he won the title) and Kuwait.

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