Lav Mantula

Lav Mantula
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-12-08)8 December 1928
Place of birth Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 1 December 2008(2008-12-01) (aged 79)
Place of death Zürich, Switzerland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1951 FK Sarajevo 49 (4)
1952–1955 Dinamo Zagreb 54 (4)
1955–1958 NK Zagreb 32 (8)
1959–1962 Servette
1962–1966 Sion
International career
1954 Yugoslavia 1 (0)
Managerial career
1963–1967 Sion
1967–1969 Zürich
1972–1975 Neuchâtel Xamax
1979–1980 Neuchâtel Xamax
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lav Mantula[1] (8 December 1928 – 1 December 2008[2]) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

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Mantula played club football in Yugoslavia with FK Sarajevo, Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb and in Switzerland with Servette and Sion.[3]

International career

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Mantula made his debut and played his only game for Yugoslavia in a September 1954 friendly match away against Wales.[4]

Managerial career

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Mantula also coached in Switzerland, managing the club sides Sion, Zürich and Neuchâtel Xamax.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lav Mantula". povijest.gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 October 2018. (English translation)
  2. ^ Lav Mantula at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Lav Mantula at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
  4. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008. Law Mantula
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