Karl Harmer (1888 – September 1966) was an

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manager and former player.

Club career

He played with

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

on two occasions, first in 1907–08 and then on 1915–16, having won the Austrian Championship in 1915–16.Karl Harmer
at rapidarchiv.at He also played with

FK Slavija Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Slavija Sarajevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Славија Сарајево) is a professional association football club from the city of Istočno Sarajevo, Republika Srpska that is situated in Bosnia and Herze ...

, then part of Austro-Hungary as

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. In 1917–18 he played back in Austrian championship with Germania Schwechat.

International career

Karl Harmer made one appearance for the

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, on November 3, 1907, in a game against Hungary.

Coaching career

During his spell in Sarajevo with Slavia, he had the role of player-coach. Later, he made use of his coaching experience there, and after retiring from active playing he coached Italian side

Ternana Calcio Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...

in 1930.ASSOCIAZIONE CALCIO MESSINA 1929-30
at messinastory.altervista.org

Honours

;Rapid Wien * Austrian Championship: 1915–16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harmer, Karl 1888 births 1966 deaths Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Men's association football defenders SK Rapid Wien players FK Slavija Sarajevo players Austrian football managers FK Slavija Sarajevo managers Ternana Calcio managers Expatriate football managers in Italy Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy