Jenő Kalmár Explained

Jenő Kalmár
Birth Date:21 March 1908
Birth Place:Mocsolád, Hungary
Death Place:Málaga, Spain
Position:Forward
Years1:1928–1933
Years2:1934–1936
Years3:1936–1937
Years4:1937
Years5:1938
Years6:1939–1940
Years7:1945–1948
Clubs7:Egység
Caps1:69
Goals1:44
Caps5:7
Goals5:5
Caps6:5
Goals6:6
Nationalyears1:1928–1932
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:15
Nationalgoals1:4
Manageryears1:1952–56
Manageryears2:1956–58
Manageryears3:1958
Manageryears4:1958–60
Manageryears5:1962–63
Manageryears6:1964–65
Manageryears7:1965–66
Manageryears8:1966
Manageryears9:1966–68
Manageryears10:1970
Manageryears11:1970–72
Manageryears12:1972–73
Manageryears13:1978–80
Managerclubs13:CD Málaga

Jenő Kalmár (21 March 1908 – 13 January 1990), also referred to as János Kalmar or Kálmár Jenő, was a former Hungarian footballer and coach. As a player, Kalmar played for both MTK Hungária FC and Hungary. During the 1928-29 season he finished as top goalscorer for MTK, scoring 20 goals.

In the early 1950s, Kálmár was manager at Honvéd and with a team that included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, László Budai, Gyula Lóránt and Gyula Grosics, he guided them to four Hungarian League titles. As the Honvéd manager, he also played a prominent role in the development of the legendary Hungary team known as the Mighty Magyars and during this era he also served as an assistant coach to the national team coach, Gusztáv Sebes. At the end of Second World War he found himself in Yugoslavia and he joined third league side FK TSC Bačka Topola, known at time as Egység.[1]

After the Hungarian Revolution, Kálmár like his former players, Puskás, Czibor and Kocsis, ended up in Spain where he managed several La Liga clubs with moderate success. He coached Wacker Wien,[2] and after a brief spell at Sevilla CF, he guided Granada CF to the 1959 Copa del Generalísimo final. They lost 4-1 to a CF Barcelona team that included Kocsis. Kocsis scored twice for Barça while the Granada CF goal was scored by Arsenio Iglesias. In 1967, Kálmár took RCD Español to third in La Liga and during two spells with CD Málaga in the 1970s he guided them to promotion twice.

Honours

Manager

Honvéd

1950, 1952, 1954, 1955

Granada

Runner-up 1959

CD Málaga

Runner-up 1970, 1979

Player

MTK Hungária

Runner-up 1928-29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1939-40

1931-32

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Notes and References

  1. "100 goodina fudbala u Bačkoj Topoli" page 79
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 11 July 2009 . 13 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171113224540/http://fairplay.vidc.org/fileadmin/Bibliothek/Fairplay/images/Migration/Daten/trainer_final.pdf . dead .