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

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

International career

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

Managerial career

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

References

  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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