Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nemes Sándor | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1899 | ||
Place of birth | Budapest, Austro-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 27 October 1977 | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Vienna, Austria | ||
Playing position | Forward or right-winger | ||
Youth career | |||
ILK Budapest | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1916–1919 | Ferencváros | 57 | (18) |
1919–1920 | Hakoah Vienna | ||
1920 | FC Basel | ||
1920–1921 | Maccabi Brno | ||
1921–1926 | Hakoah Vienna | ||
1926–1927 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 20 | (8) |
1927–1929 | Hakoah Vienna | ||
1929–1930 | Hakoah All-Stars | 22 | (2) |
1930 | Fall River Marksmen | 1 | (1) |
1932–1933 | BSK Belgrade | ||
National team | |||
1918–1919 | Hungary | 3 | (0) |
1925 | Austria | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1930–1931 | BSK Belgrade | ||
1931–1932 | Hasmonea | ||
1932–1935 | BSK Belgrade | ||
1935–1936 | Hapoel Hatzair | ||
1936–1939 | BSK Belgrade | ||
Galatasaray | |||
1950– ? | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Sándor Nemes, also known as Alexander Neufeld (25 September 1899 – 27 October 1977) was a Hungarian football player and menager. He had a playing career in Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, United States and Yugoslavia, and he represented the national teams of Hungary and Austria.
Born in Budapest to a Jewish family, Sándor Nemes begin playing for a local club named ILK. When the club was disbanded in 1916 he joined Ferencvárosi TC where after playing initially in the youth team in same year due to his skills he got promoted to the senior squad. At first he played as striker but shortly after he changed his playing position to right-winger. He soon became an established player within the team, forming the attacking line along with Mihály Pataki and Isidor Gansl. In both 1918 and 1919 they finished second in the Hungarian Championship behind the then dominating MTK Budapest. With Ferencváros he played a total of 57 league matches having scored 18 goals
On 12 May 1918 he made his debut for the Hungarian national team playing in attack along Alfred Schaffer and Imre Schlosser in the 2-1 win over Switzerland in Budapest. A few weeks later, on 2 June, in Vienna, he played again this time winning Austria by 2-0.
On 5 October 1919, he played his third match for the Hungarian national team, again in Vienna against Austria, however this time they were defeated by 0-2. In that period because of the political situation, many Hungarian players were emigrating abroad, and Nemes was no exception and he signed with second league Austrian club SC Hakoah Vienna. As way to overcame a bourocratic problem over the signing, he accepted a job in a bank in Vienna.