Leo Lemešić

Leo Lemešić

Personal information
Date of birth	8 June 1908
Place of birth	Sinj, Austria–Hungary
Date of death	15 August 1978 (aged 70)
Place of death	Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1924–1940	Hajduk Split	179	(109)
National team
1929–1932	Yugoslavia	5	(3)
Teams managed
1952–1954	Yugoslavia
1956	Croatia
1961–1962	Hajduk Split
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Leo Lemešić (8 June 1908 in Sinj – 15 August 1978 in Split) was a Croatian football striker and later a football manager.

On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team (5 matches, 3 goals) and spent his entire club career with Hajduk Split. In total, Lemešić scored 455 goals in 491 games, making him Hajduk's second most goalscorer, and tenth most capped player. He played his first senior game in 1926. He became a referee in his later years.

Clubs

• Hajduk Split (1924–1940)

References

• (Serbian) Serbian national football team website
• Živković, Đuro. Hajduk Split: 100 Godina Bili. N.p.: Vlastita Naklada, n.d. Print.