Károly Nemes

Károly Nemes, also known as Dragutin Nemeš, was a Hungarian football goalkeeper and coach. He is best known for his work on champion teams of SK Rapid Wien and SK Jugoslavija. He coached throughout Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Career

Player He played with Wiener Sport-Club and next MTK Budapest and then became the first foreigner to play in SK Rapid Wien. 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. 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.

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. Between Summer 1930 and September 1931 he coached Swiss side FC Luzern. He had a second coaching spell with Vojvodina in 1932, staying for almost two years. He coached in Germany, Switzerland and Bulgaria.

He later moved to Hungary and lived in Jánoshalma.

Honours Player Rapid Wien Austrian Championship: 1918–19 Austrian Cup: 1919

SK Jugoslavija Yugoslav Championship: 1924, 1925

Coach NAK Novi Sad Novi Sad Subassociation League: 1936