Petar Manola

Petar Manola
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-02-28)28 February 1918
Place of birth Jajce, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 2004
Place of death Rome, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1937 Slavija Sarajevo 26 (8)
1937–1940 BSK Belgrade 29 (0)
1942–1946 Lazio 15 (5)
1947 Lyon
1947–1948 Red Star 1 (0)
1948–1949 Napoli 14 (1)
1949–1950 Cavese
1950–1951 Benevento
1951–1956 Turris
International career
1939–1941 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petar Manola (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Манола; born 28 February 1918 – 2004) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started his career in Slavija Sarajevo where he played between 1931 and 1936 but, his greatest success was achieved while playing in BSK Beograd, between 1936 and 1942, and made part of the memorable midfield line formed with Prvoslav Dragičević and Gustav Lechner, that won the Yugoslav First League in 1939. After the start of the World War II, he left Yugoslavia and continued his career in Lazio playing in Italian Serie A.[1] Between January 1947 and summer 1948 he played in France, first in Second Division Olympique Lyonnais, and then in Ligue 1 famous club Red Star. Afterwards, he returned to Italy where he played in Napoli, in the 1948–49 season, and then represented lower leagues clubs like Cavese, Benevento and Turris. He ended his playing career in 1956.[2]

International career

While playing in BSK Belgrade he played nine matches for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team.[3]

Honours

BSK Belgrade

References

  1. ^ Petar Manola at enciclopediadelcalcio.it
  2. ^ Petar Manola at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
  3. ^ Petar Manola at EU-Football.info
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