Jules Limbeck

Jules Limbeck
Personal information
Full nameJules Limbeck
Date of birthbeginning of 20th century
Place of birthRomania
Date of death1955
Place of deathUnknown
Playing positionforward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1925–19??Újpest FC
19??–19??Ferencvárosi TC
19??–19??? (Belgium)
19??–19??FK Austria Wien
1934–1935Amiens SC5(0)
Teams managed
1930–1931Galatasaray S.K.
1931–?Olympique Lyonnais
?Racing
1934–1935Amiens SC
1936team of Zaporizhia
1936Stal Dnipropetrovsk
1936–1937Dinamo Tbilisi
1937Lokomotiv Moscow
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Jules Limbeck (Hungarian: Gyula Limbeck; born in Romania, died in 1955) was a Franco-Hungarian professional football forward and manager.

Career

He played in various European championships in frontline positions in mid-1920, appeared in the Hungarian Újpest FC, Ferencvárosi TC, in Belgium,[1] and FK Austria Wien.

In 1930 he coached the Turkish Galatasaray S.K. and brought them to the championship.[2] In France, he worked with the Olympique Lyonnais, Racing, Amiens SC (1934-1935).

In 1936 he arrived in the Soviet Union, and spent some time working with the city teams Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk including Stal Dnipropetrovsk,[3] then the order of the All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the USSR it was sent to Tbilisi. Limbeck stayed there until March 1937[4] and worked as chief coach of Dinamo Tbilisi, which reached the finals of the USSR, then he organized a children's football school.

In 1937 he was head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow.

Honours

Manager

Galatasaray S.K.

FC Dinamo Tbilisi

References

  1. ↑ "The official history of FC Lokomotiv" Moscow 1923-2005»
  2. ↑ Sports Illustrated, Football. 1936. Part Four
  3. ↑ The tragedy of the first legionary
  4. ↑ French Coach

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