Sándor Nemes

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 a way to overcame a bureaucratic problem over the signing, he accepted a job in a bank in Vienna. He played his first match with Hakoah in November 1919 and became soon one of the most important players in…

Seems that he returned to Austria in 1931 and worked one season as coach with a Second league Jewish club named Hasmonea, however the club ended up relegated due to the reduction in number of clubs for the next season and Nemes moved to Yugoslavia. After coming to BSK in 1933, he won the Championship in 1933 and 1935 before having a year coaching experience with Hapoel Hatzair in Palestina, with Austrian Josef Uridil replacing him for that year at BSK. In 1936 however he returned to Belgrade. In June 1938 he graduated in a six-months coaching course organised by the Yugoslav Football Association. He took charge of Bata Borovo coming from SK Jugoslavia, in July 1938, replacing Bilek. Afterwards, he had a brief spell coaching Turkish Fenerbahçe before returning to Borovo.

Player

Hakoah Vienna

Austrian Championship: 1924–25 Fall River

American Soccer League: 1930

Coach

BSK

Yugoslav Championship: 1933, 1936