Ivan Medle | |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1932 |
Birth Place: | Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1951–? |
Clubs1: | Metalac Zagreb |
Years3: | 1957–1962 |
Goals3: | 34 |
Years4: | 1963–1966 |
Caps4: | 51 |
Goals4: | 37 |
Nationalyears1: | 1956 |
Nationalteam1: | PR Croatia |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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. In 1963 he moved to Austria where he played for Sturm Graz until 1966, when he finished his career.[1]
He had one appearance for the PR Croatia team (against Indonesia) in 1956.[2] [3]
Medle died in Vienna on 4 February 2003.