Gustav Lechner (17 February 1913 – 5 February 1987) was a football player and coach. At international level he represented both the Yugoslavian and Croatian national sides.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 February 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 5 February 1987 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1935 | Slavija Osijek | ||
| 1935–1941 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1941–1945 | Građanski Zagreb | ||
| 1945–1949 | Proleter Osijek | ||
| International career | |||
| 1931–1940 | Yugoslavia | 44 | (0) |
| 1941–1944 | Croatia | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1945–1949 | Proleter Osijek (player-manager) | ||
| Metalac Osijek | |||
| Dinamo Pančevo | |||
| 1953–1957 | Vojvodina | ||
| 1957–1958 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| 1959–1960 | Velež | ||
| Slavonija Požega | |||
| 196x–1966 | NK Zagreb | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editBorn in Osijek, Austria-Hungary and nicknamed Lembika,[2] he spent his early career with Slavija Osijek and BSK Belgrade; while playing with the latter he won 3 Yugoslav titles and graduated from law school.[2] In 1941 he and teammate Ernest Dubac joined Građanski Zagreb. At the end of the war, he became player-manager of Proleter Osijek.[2]
International career
editLechner made his debut for Yugoslavia in an August 1931 friendly match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 44 caps scoring no goals.[2] He then played 12 matches under the flag of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany. His final international was an April 1944 friendly against Slovakia.[3]
Coaching career
editAfter retiring as a player in 1949, Lechner became a coach and managed Metalac Osijek, Dinamo Pančevo, Vojvodina Novi Sad, Dinamo Zagreb, Velež Mostar, Slavonija Požega and NK Zagreb.[2]
Death
editLechner died on 5 February 1987 in Zagreb, and was buried on 11 February at the Saint Anne Cemetery in his hometown of Osijek.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Gustav Lehner at Reprezentacija.rs
- ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Gustav Lehner". Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Proslavljeni asovi i igračke legende NS Osijek − Lembika" (in Croatian). Nogometno središte Osijek. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
Umro je 1987. u Zagrebu, a pokopan na Aninom groblju u rodnom gradu.
External links
edit- Gustav Lechner at WorldFootball.net
- Gustav Lechner at National-Football-Teams.com
- Gustav Lechner at EU-Football.info
