Theodor Reimann (10 February 1921 – 30 August 1982), also known as Teodor Reimann, was a

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goalkeeper and manager. At club level he played mostly for Slovan Bratislava. Internationally he played for both

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

and

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

. He obtained 14 caps for Slovakia from 1939 to 1943. He obtained five caps between 1948 and 1954 for Czechoslovakia including one at the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

Club career

Reimann played for AC Považská Bystrica during wartime. He played for Slovan Bratislava for the majority of his career, winning three consecutive league titles with the club in 1949, 1950 and 1951. In the early 1950s Reimann set a record of not conceding a goal in the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League (, ) was the premier football (soccer), football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Ga ...

for 769 minutes, a record that he held until

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goalkeeper

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surpassed this mark in November 2001. In 1955 Reimann played for Tatran Prešov in a player-coach capacity, under which terms he continued at

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in 1956.

International career

Reimann represented two national teams; due to the separation of

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

he was able to play for

between 1939 and 1943. He played fourteen times for Slovakia. After the war, the Slovakia team ceased to play matches and Reimann began to play for

. Although he only made five appearances for Czechoslovakia, he did play in the

, keeping goal in Czechoslovakia's 2–0 defeat against reigning World Cup champions

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Coaching career

Reimann coached

MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...

, Lokomotíva Košice,

FC Nitra FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia. History Czechoslovak era Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechoslov ...

, and Jednota Trenčín.

Honours

Slovan Bratislava *

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reimann, Theodor 1921 births 1982 deaths People from Žilina District Slovak men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Footballers from the Žilina Region Men's association football goalkeepers Dual internationalists (men's football) Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Slovakia men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players MŠK Žilina players 1. FC Tatran Prešov players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Slovak football managers Czechoslovak football managers MŠK Žilina managers FC Nitra managers 1. FC Tatran Prešov managers FC Lokomotíva Košice managers