Karl Adamek

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Karl "Waschi" Adamek (born July 23, 1910 in Vienna ; † January 8, 2000 ibid) was an Austrian football player in the position of defender and later an internationally recognized football coach . As a national player , he played a game for the legendary wonder team and celebrated two successes in the Mitropapokal with Vienna Austria. Both on the football field and in private, he was one of the best friends of Austrian football legend Matthias Sindelar . He owed his nickname "Waschi" to his ears, which were a little too big (Viennese "ear-washing"), which he, like the film actor and former swimmer Gunther Philipp , was able to move powerfully and which he demonstrated at every opportunity.

Debut in the national team and first Mitropacup win

Karl Adamek began his career as a football player at Brigittenauer AC and moved to the famous Vienna AC for two years in 1929. After a short stint in Floridsdorf , he returned to the Brigittenauers to move to Austria Wien after the 1931/32 season, where he celebrated his first major successes in the short time he was with this club. As an Austrian, he played his first international match , which fell into the era of the wonder team. In the 4-3 away win against Sweden on July 17, 1932, he set up the defense together with his club colleagues Karl Graf and Walter Nausch . With Wiener Austria he remained in the cup competition in 1933 - although he was not used in the final game - successfully and won the Mitropa Cup with the Violets for the first time with a 1: 2 in Milan and a 2: 1 in Vienna against AS Ambrosiana , although he was back then was sent to the field as a substitute for Karl Gall . In the winter of 1933 Adamek left the Viennese and played from then on for almost a year and a half in Le Havre, France, for the local second division . Austrian football was very highly regarded in France at the time , which is why it is not surprising that around 60 Austrian football professionals were involved in the first two French leagues in the mid-1930s until the annexation of Austria . His international career was interrupted by this transfer, however, as footballers engaged abroad were extremely rarely considered for the national team at that time. On the other hand, Adamek found consideration in the northern French regional selection during his time in France.

Second success in the Mitropa Cup and years of war

In the spring of 1935 he returned to Austria and won the Austrian Cup with the Veilchen that same year. In the Mitro Cup in July 1935, the Viennese and his team failed only in the semi-finals in two games at Ferencvárosi FC 2: 4 in Budapest and 3: 2 in Vienna, with Waschi Adamek scoring the 3-1 intermediate result in the return game. The following year he celebrated his next big success by winning the Austrian Cup and the second success in the Mitropapokal with Wiener Austria against Sparta Prague (0-0 in Vienna, 1-0 in Prague ). In 1937 he took second place in the championship with Austria (like 10 years earlier with Brigittenauer AC), but Karl Adamek was denied a championship title during his playing career. In 1936 and 1937 he was called up again for the Austrian national team and completed a total of seven international matches during this period.

During the Second World War, Adamek played with Austria in the Gauliga . During these years he was unable to find any experienced kickers due to the reprisals of the National Socialists against Austria, which was under Jewish leadership up to this point, as well as the lack of experienced footballers resulting from the drafting of the "German" players into the Wehrmacht and the exclusion of Jewish footballers from the club Celebrate successes more. Before he ended his active career after the game year 1946/47 , Waschi Adamek celebrated his third runner-up title with the violets in the second post-war championship and the last time he made it to the cup final, which was lost 3: 4 against SC Wacker Vienna .

Career as a coach

After finishing his playing career, Karl Adamek turned into a successful coach . In Sweden, from 1952 to 1957, at IFK Norrköping around the Nordahl brothers, he built a successful troop, which he led to three national championship titles.

In Austria he coached Austria from 1957 to 1958.

Then he took over the second division club Atalanta Bergamo in Italy and led him back into the first division. There is also a nice anecdote about Bergamo's greatest son , Cardinal Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, better known as Pope John XXIII. He, an ardent supporter of Atalanta Bergamo, played for the club himself in his youth and was so pleased with the resurgence of the traditional Bergamo club in 1959 that he invited the Viennese trainer, whom he was particularly fond of, and gave him a personal one Commemorative medal presented.

Adamek's other coaching stations abroad were Norway and Switzerland. Adamek's next position was at Sturm Graz , with whom he was promoted to the state league in July 1966 after taking over the club in January 1965. At the beginning of the 1970s he was still in charge of SV Heid Stockerau .

Karl Adamek was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .

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SURNAME Adamek, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adamek, Waschi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2000
Place of death Vienna