Vilmos Wilheim

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Vilmos Wilheim
Personal information
Date of birth (1895-11-25)25 November 1895
Place of birth Budapest, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 1962
Place of death Unknown
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1916 KAOE
1917–1923 Ferencváros 55 (0)
1923–1924 Vicenza
1924–1925 Ferencváros 1 (0)
1925–1927 Cremonese
Managerial career
1928–1931 Vicenza
1931–1935 Spezia
1935–1936 Foggia
1936–1939 Padova
1940 Slavija Sarajevo
1947–1948 Padova
1949–1950 Vicenza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vilmos Wilheim (25 November 1895 – 1962) was a Hungarian football manager and former player.

Club career[edit]

Born in Hungarian capital Budapest, Wilheim played with KAOE[1] before joining Ferencváros in 1916 and playing with them in the Hungarian championship since 1917.[2] Later, he played in Italy with Vicenza (1923–24) and Cremonese (seasons 1925–26 and 1026–27). He made 15 appearances and scored 2 goals in the 1926–27 Divisione Nazionale.[3]

Coaching career[edit]

After retiring, Wilheim started his coaching career. Between 1928 and 1939 he coached in Italy the following clubs: Vicenza, Spezia, Foggia and Padova.[3] Then he moved to Yugoslavia, coaching Bosnian side FK Slavija in their campaign in the 1939–40 Yugoslav Football Championship.[4] In the late 1940s he returned to Italy and coached for second time Padova and Vicenza.[3]

He was known in Italy also as Wilmas Wilhelm or Guglielmo Wilhelm.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vilmos Wilheim at tempofradi.hu (in Hungarian)
  2. ^ Vilmos Wilheim at nela.hu
  3. ^ a b c Hungarian Players and Coaches in Italy at RSSSF, Retrieved 9 March 2017
  4. ^ FK Slavija Sarajevo at exyufudbal.in.rs, Retrieved 9 March 2017 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ Vilmos Wilheim biography at tempofradi.hu (in Hungarian)