Károly Nemes, also known as Dragutin Nemeš, was a Hungarian

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and coach. He is best known for his work on champion teams of

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and SK Jugoslavija. He coached throughout Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Career

Player

He played with

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and next

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Karoly Nemes
at Rapidarchiv.at and then became the first foreigner to play in

. He played two seasons with Rapid, between 1917 and 1919, and, after serving as vice-champion in 1917–18. A year later he won the double, the 1918–19 Austrian football championship and the 1919 Austrian Cup. He played a total of 27 league matches for Rapid. In 1920 he moved to

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, then known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where he continued his career. Initially he joined NAK Novi Sad and later was brought to

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to join SK Jugoslavija and win the Yugoslav Championship two times in a row, in 1924 and

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. He made 6 appearances in those two seasons in the Yugoslav championship and many more in the First League of the Belgrade Football Subassociation. While in Yugoslavia he became commonly known either as ''Karlo'' or ''Dragutin Nemeš''."Pola veka"
by Vladislav Beljanski, Jovan Dejanović, Luka Dotlić, Kosta Hadži and Jovan Vilovac (pags. 104, 105)

Coach

Nemes coaching abilities were characterised as of the avant-garde Central European school, noted for his psychological preparation of the team before matches, beside a developed work in the physical condition of the players. In 1927 he was brought by SK Vojvodina president Kosta Hadži to

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where he first coached, briefly replacing main coach Otto Neczas. He was the coach of the Bulgarian national team in 1930."Fudbal u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji"
by Milorad Sijić, (pag. 172) Between Summer 1930 and September 1931 he coached Swiss side

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. He had a second coaching spell with Vojvodina in 1935, staying for almost two years. He coached his former team SK Jugoslavija in 1933. Then he coached NAK Novi Sad winning with them the Novi Sad Football Subassociation League and a third place in the 1936 Yugoslav Football Championship. He coached in Germany, Switzerland and Bulgaria. During the 1930s he coached Cibalia Vinkovci."FK Bačka Mol", page 92 He later moved to Hungary and lived in

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Honours

Player

Rapid Wien * Austrian Championship: 1918–19 * Austrian Cup: 1919 SK Jugoslavija * Yugoslav Championship: 1924,

Coach

NAK Novi Sad * Novi Sad Subassociation League: 1934 Vojvodina * Novi Sad Subassociation League: 1939

References

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