Jenő Kalmár

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 (21 March 1908 – 13 January 1990), also referred to as János Kalmar, was a 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.

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
1962–63	Porto
1964–65	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

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, 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

• Hungarian League: 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955

Granada

• Copa del Generalísimo runner-up: 1959

CD Málaga

• Segunda División runner-up: 1970, 1979

Player

MTK Hungária

• Hungarian League runner-up: 1928-29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1939–40
• Hungarian Cup: 1931-32

See also

• List of Eastern Bloc defectors