Jozef Karel

Jozef Karel
Personal information
Date of birth	13 September 1922
Place of birth	Humenné, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	26 September 2005 (aged 83)
Place of death	Košice, Slovakia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	SAC Sečovce
	Snaha Košice
1942	Slávia Prešov
1943–1948	ŠK Bratislava
1946–1947	→ CA Paris
1951–1953	Dukla Prešov
International career
1944	Slovakia
1946–1948	Czechoslovakia
Managerial career
1949–1951	PFK Piešťany
1951–1957	Tatran Prešov
1957–1961	Jednota Košice
1961–1963	Slavoj Trebišov
1963–1965	Tatran Prešov
1965	MŠK Martin
1966–1968	Kuvajt
1968–1971	Tatran Prešov
1972–1977	Slavoj Trebišov
1977–1979	Saprissa
1979–1980	ZŤS Košice
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jozef Karel (13 September 1922 in Humenné – 26 September 2005 in Košice^[1]) was a Slovak football player and coach. A midfielder, he played for SAC Sečovce, Snaha Košice, Slávia Prešov, ŠK Bratislava and shortly for Red Star Saint-Ouen on a loan. He was selected to the France Football Top 20 Midfielders on the World in 1965.

Karel made one appearance for the First Slovak Republic in 1944 and seven appearances for the Czechoslovakia national team.^[2]

He started his managing career in Piešťany where he spent two years and he went on with his work in Prešov, Jednota Košice (he led to the First League), Slavoj Trebišov,^[3] Martin, C.D. Saprissa (he won the title) and Kuwait.

References

^ "Zomrel Jozef Karel" (in Slovak). SME. 29 September 2005. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
^ "Slavoj Trebišov – Futbalový klub mesta Trebišov".

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