János Nehadoma (born 20 August 1901, date of death unknown) was a Hungarian

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. He began his career in the Italian Serie B before moving to the American Soccer League where he shared the 1928–29 scoring title. Later in his career he played for Serie A club

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. After retiring from playing, he spent several seasons as a club manager.

Playing

Nehadoma was born in

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, Hungary. He began his senior career with Húsiparosok SC, a Hungarian second division club composed of workers from Budapest's meat packing industry. Amid a series of scandals rocking the league, he joined Italian

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club A.C. Pistoiese in 1925. He spent only two seasons with the club before leaving Europe for the United States, as foreigners were no longer allowed to play football in Italy. Nehadoma arrived in the U.S., signing with the

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at the end of the 1927–28 American Soccer League season. He played seven games, scoring seven goals for Brooklyn. The next season, Nehadoma scored forty-three goals, tying

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for the scoring title. In the fall of 1929, he began with the Wanderers before moving to

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for five games. He returned to the Wanderers for the spring 1930 season. In 1931, Nehadoma had returned to Italy, re-signing with Pistoiese. He saw time in only thirteen league games before moving to

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in 1932. He spent one season there, scoring 26 league goals, before moving to the

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with

. However, he lasted only three seasons at the top of Italian soccer before returning to Serie B with

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He retired after playing seven games with Modena.

Coaching

In 1941, Nehadoma was hired to manage Serie A club

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After five seasons, he moved to A.C. Mantova of Serie B. He spent only one season in Mantova before retiring in 1948.

Career statistics

Club

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nehadoma, Janos 1901 births Year of death missing Men's association football forwards Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian expatriate men's footballers American Soccer League (1921–1933) players Serie A players Serie B players Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players Brooklyn Hakoah players FC Pistoiese SSD players US Livorno 1915 players ACF Fiorentina players Modena FC 2018 players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate football managers in Italy Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Serie A managers US Triestina Calcio 1918 managers Atalanta BC managers Hungarian football managers Footballers from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen