Ivan Medle (10 February 1932 – 4 February 2003) was a Croatian football player.

Ivan Medle
Personal information
Date of birth (1932-02-10)10 February 1932
Place of birth Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 4 February 2003(2003-02-04) (aged 70)
Place of death Vienna, Austria
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–? Metalac Zagreb
Lokomotiva
1957–1962 Rijeka (34)
1963–1966 Sturm Graz 51 (37)
International career
1956 PR Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Born in Zagreb, he started his career with Metalac, before moving on to Lokomotiva. His next move was to Rijeka, where he is regarded as one of the fastest players of all time. Medle was Rijeka's top scorer during the 1958–59 season, and he scored 34 goals for the club between 1957 and 1962. In 1963 he moved to Austria where he played for Sturm Graz until 1966, when he finished his career.[1]

International career edit

He had one appearance for the PR Croatia team (against Indonesia) in 1956.[2][3]

Personal life edit

Death edit

Medle died in Vienna on 4 February 2003.

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.sturmarchiv.at/Browser/view-player.action?personId=18411 [dead link]
  2. ^ Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 400–1.
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 28 October 2022.