János Nehadoma

János Nehadoma
Personal information
Full name	János Nehadoma
Date of birth	20 August 1901
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	unknown
Position(s)	Center forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1920–1925	Húsiparosok SC
1925–1927	Pistoiese
1927–1929	Brooklyn Wanderers
1929	Brooklyn Hakoah
1929–1930	Brooklyn Wanderers
1931–1932	Pistoiese
1932–1933	Livorno
1933–1936	Fiorentina
1936	Modena
Managerial career
1930–1932	Pistoiese
1936–1938	Modena
1938–1939	Triestina
1939–1940	Spezia
1941–1945	Atalanta
1945–1947	Bari
1947–1948	Mantova
1955–1956	Ternana
1957–1958	L'Aquila
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

János Nehadoma (born 20 August 1901, date of death unknown) was a Hungarian soccer center forward. He began his career in the Italian Serie B before moving to the American Soccer League where he shared the 1928–29 scoring title. Later in his career he played for Serie A club Fiorentina. After retiring from playing, he spent several seasons as a club manager.

Playing

Nehadoma was born in Budapest, Hungary. He began his senior career with Húsiparosok SC, a Hungarian second division club composed of workers from Budapest's meat packing industry. Amid a series of scandals rocking the league, he joined Italian Serie B club A.C. Pistoiese in 1925. He spent only two seasons with the club before leaving Europe for the United States, as foreigners were no longer allowed to play football in Italy. Nehadoma arrived in the U.S., signing with the Brooklyn Wanderers at the end of the 1927–28 American Soccer League season. He played seven games, scoring seven goals for Brooklyn. The next season, Nehadoma scored forty-three goals, tying Werner Nilsen for the scoring title. In the fall of 1929, he began with the Wanderers before moving to Brooklyn Hakoah for five games. He returned to the Wanderers for the spring 1930 season. In 1931, Nehadoma had returned to Italy, re-signing with Pistoiese. He saw time in only thirteen league games before moving to Livorno in 1932. He spent one season there, scoring 26 league goals, before moving to the Serie A with Fiorentina. However, he lasted only three seasons at the top of Italian soccer before returning to Serie B with Modena F.C. He retired after playing seven games with Modena.^[1]

Coaching

In 1941, Nehadoma was hired to manage Serie A club Atalanta B.C. After five seasons, he moved to A.C. Mantova of Serie B. He spent only one season in Mantova before retiring in 1948.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals
Húsiparosok SC	1923–24	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	8	3
	1924–25	Nemzeti Bajnokság II	25	14
	Total		33	17
Pistoiese	1925–26	Seconda Divisione	19	18
	1926–27	Prima Divisione	17	15
	Total		36	33
Brooklyn Wanderers	1927–28	ASL	7	7
	1928–29		48	43
	1929		13	5
	Total		68	55
Brooklyn Hakoah	1929	ASL	5	7
Brooklyn Wanderers	1930	ASL	32	18
Pistoiese	1931–32	Serie B	13	5
Livorno	1932–33	Serie B	32	26
Fiorentina	1933–34	Serie A	30	7
	1934–35		20	5
	1935–36		3	0
	Total		53	12
Modena	1936–37	Serie B	7	1
Career total			279	174

References

^ ^a ^b Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).

[Colin-1] Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).

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