Jules Limbeck

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

Jules Limbeck

Personal information
Full name	Jules Limbeck
Date of birth	October 13, 1904
Place of birth	Nagyenyed, Austria-Hungary (today Aiud, Romania)
Date of death	1955
Place of death	Unknown
Position(s)	forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925–19??	Újpest FC
	Ferencvárosi TC
	? (Belgium)
	FK Austria Wien
1934–1935	Amiens	5	(0)
Managerial career
1930–1931	Galatasaray S.K.
1931–?	Olympique Lyonnais
	Racing
1934–1935	Amiens
1936	team of Zaporizhia
1936	Stal Dnipropetrovsk
1936–1937	Dinamo Tbilisi
1937	Lokomotiv Moscow
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 April of 1937 he was appointed a head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow. On August 8, 1937, Limbeck was released from the Soviet Union.^[5]

In late 1937 Limbeck returned to Paris where he coached for the Labor Sports and Gymnastics Federation (Fédération sportive et gymnique du travail)^[6] which was associated with the French Section of the Workers' International.

Honours

Manager

Galatasaray S.K.

• Istanbul Football League: 1930–31

FC Dinamo Tbilisi

• Soviet Cup finalist: 1936