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Hungarian footballer and coach For the Olympic fencer, see János Kalmár. The native form of this personal name is Kálmár Jenő. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Jenő Kalmár
Personal information
Date of birth 21 March 1908
Place of birth Mocsolád, Hungary
Date of death 13 January 1990(1990-01-13) (aged 81)
Place of death Málaga, Spain
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1933 MTK Hungária 69 (44)
1934–1936 Excelsior Roubaix
1936–1937 RC Roubaix
1937 Stade de Reims
1938 MTK Hungária 7 (5)
1939–1940 MTK Hungária 5 (6)
1945–1948 Egység
International career
1928–1932 Hungary 15 (4)
Managerial career
1952–56 Honvéd
1956–58 Wacker Wien
1958 Sevilla
1958–60 Granada
1960–62 Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.
1962–63 Porto
1964–65 Real Valladolid
1965–66 Granada
1966 Halmstads BK
1966–68 Español
1970 Real Zaragoza
1970–72 CD Málaga
1972–73 Hércules
1978–80 CD Málaga
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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, 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

Granada

CD Málaga

Player

MTK Hungária

See also

References

  1. "100 goodina fudbala u Bačkoj Topoli" page 79 (in Serbian)
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Archived 13 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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Hungarian Footballer of the Year
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Vasas SC – managers
Budapest Honvéd FC – managers
Sevilla FC – managers
Granada CF – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
FC Porto – managers
Real Valladolid – managers
Halmstads BK – managers
RCD Espanyol – managers
Real Zaragoza – managers
CD Málaga – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
Hércules CF – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
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