Ivan Medle

Ivan Medle

Personal information
Date of birth	10 February 1932
Place of birth	Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	4 February 2003 (aged 70)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1951–?	Metalac Zagreb
	Lokomotiva
1957–1962	Rijeka		(34)
1963–1966	Sturm Graz	51	(37)
National team
1956	SR Croatia	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

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

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. He had one appearance for the SR Croatia team (against Indonesia) in 1956.^[1] In 1963 he moved to Austria where he played for Sturm Graz until 1966, when he finished his career.^[2] Medle died in Vienna on 4 February 2003.

References

1. Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić. ISBN 978-953-219-393-0, pp. 400–1.