Jules Limbeck ( hu, Gyula Limbeck; born in
Hungary
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, died in 1955) was a
Franco
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Hungarian professional
football forward and manager.
Career
He played in various European championships in frontline positions in mid-1920, appeared in the Hungarian
Újpest FC
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Formed in 1885, Újpest reached the first division of the Hungarian League in 1905 and has been relegat ...
,
Ferencvárosi TC
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, in Belgium, and
FK Austria Wien
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.
In 1930 he coached the Turkish
Galatasaray S.K. and brought them to the championship. In France, he worked with the
Olympique Lyonnais,
Racing
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,
Amiens SC (1934–1935).
In 1936 he arrived in the
Soviet Union
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, and spent some time working with the city teams
Zaporizhia
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and
Dnipropetrovsk including
Stal Dnipropetrovsk, then the order of the All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the USSR it was sent to
Tbilisi
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. Limbeck stayed there until March 1937
French Coach
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Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...
, which reached the finals of the USSR, then he organized a children's football school.
In 1937 he was head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow
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.
Honours
Manager
Galatasaray S.K.
*Istanbul Football League
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: 1930–31
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FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football.
Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mos ...
*Soviet Cup
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finalist: 1936
Events
January–February
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References
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1955 deaths
People from Aiud
People from the Kingdom of Hungary
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Hungarian emigrants to France
Hungarian footballers
French footballers
Hungarian football managers
French football managers
French expatriate football managers
Újpest FC players
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
FK Austria Wien players
Amiens SC players
Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers
Olympique Lyonnais managers
Expatriate football managers in the Soviet Union
Expatriate football managers in Turkey
FC Dnipro managers
FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers
FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers
Amiens SC managers
Men's association football forwards
1904 births
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