Jenő Károly (15 January 1886 – 28 July 1926) was a Hungarian footballer and later manager born in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

. Outside his homeland he is particularly noted for being the first manager of Agnelli-era

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. As a player, Károly appeared for two local Budapest clubs, including the powerful

MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...

. He was renowned for having a very high goals-to-game ratio. He also represented his country a number of times, including at the

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Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: 1904, 1908 *

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: 1910 ;Individual *

top scorer: 1903, 1905Foot.dk

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