{{Short description|Yugoslav footballer (1928–2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Lav Mantula | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|12|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|1|1928|12|8|df=y}} | death_place = Zürich, Switzerland | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1947–1951 | clubs1 = FK Sarajevo | caps1 = 49 | goals1 = 4 | years2 = 1952–1955 | clubs2 = Dinamo Zagreb | caps2 = 54 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 1955–1958 | clubs3 = NK Zagreb | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 1959–1962 | clubs4 = Servette | years5 = 1962–1966 | clubs5 = Sion | nationalyears1 = 1954 | nationalteam1 = Yugoslavia | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1963–1967 | managerclubs1 = Sion | manageryears2 = 1967–1969 | managerclubs2 = Zürich | manageryears3 = 1972–1975 | managerclubs3 = Neuchâtel Xamax | manageryears4 = 1979–1980 | managerclubs4 = Neuchâtel Xamax }}
'''Lav Mantula'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/popis-igra%C4%8Da/lav-mantula.html |title=Lav Mantula |website=povijest.gnkdinamo.hr |language=hr |accessdate=5 October 2018 |archive-date=6 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200906081342/http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/popis-igra%C4%8Da/lav-mantula.html |url-status=dead }} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=hr&tl=en&u=http://povijest.gnkdinamo.hr/popis-igrača/lav-mantula.html English translation])</ref> (8 December 1928 – 1 December 2008<ref>{{NFT player|26501<!-- /Lav_Mantula -->|Lav Mantula}}</ref>) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
==Club career== Mantula played club football in Yugoslavia with FK Sarajevo, Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb and in Switzerland with Servette and Sion.<ref>{{Reprezentacija|mantula-lav|Lav Mantula}}</ref>
==International career== Mantula made his debut and played his only game for Yugoslavia in a September 1954 friendly match away against Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12943|title=Player Database|accessdate=16 October 2022|website=EU-football}}</ref>
==Managerial career== Mantula also coached in Switzerland, managing the club sides Sion, Zürich and Neuchâtel Xamax.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html |title=Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=8 April 2008 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627223859/http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html |archivedate=27 June 2008 |quote=Law Mantula}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player|69986|Lav Mantula}} *{{WorldFootball.net|lev-mantula|Lev Mantula}}
{{Yugoslavia Squad 1954 World Cup}} {{Navboxes |title = Managerial positions |list1 = {{FC Sion managers}} {{FC Zürich managers}} {{Neuchâtel Xamax managers}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mantula, Lav}} Category:1928 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Footballers from Sarajevo Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Yugoslav men's footballers Category:Yugoslavia men's international footballers Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players Category:FK Sarajevo players Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Category:NK Zagreb players Category:Servette FC players Category:FC Sion players Category:Yugoslav First League players Category:Swiss Super League players Category:Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Yugoslav football managers Category:FC Sion managers Category:FC Zürich managers Category:Neuchâtel Xamax FCS managers Category:Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Category:20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
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