{{Short description|Footballer (1918–2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Petar Manola | image = Petar Manola.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|2|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|||1918|2|28|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1934–1937 | years2 = 1937–1940 | years3 = 1942–1946 | years4 = 1947 | years5 = 1947–1948 | years6 = 1948–1949 | years7 = 1949–1950 | years8 = 1950–1951 | years9 = 1951–1956 | clubs1 = Slavija Sarajevo | clubs2 = BSK Belgrade | clubs3 = Lazio | clubs4 = Lyon | clubs5 = Red Star | clubs6 = Napoli | clubs7 = Cavese | clubs8 = Benevento | clubs9 = Turris | caps1 = 26 | caps2 = 29 | caps3 = 15 | caps4 = | caps5 = 1 | caps6 = 14 | caps7 = | caps8 = | goals1 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 5 | goals4 = | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 1 | goals7 = | goals8 = | nationalyears1 = 1939–1941 | nationalteam1 = Kingdom of Yugoslavia | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Petar Manola''' ({{Langx|bs-Cyrl|Петар Манола}}; 28 February 1918 – 2004) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Club career== Born in Jajce, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started his career in Slavija Sarajevo where he played between 1931 and 1936 but, his greatest success was achieved while playing in BSK Beograd, between 1936 and 1942, and made part of the memorable midfield line formed with Prvoslav Dragičević and Gustav Lechner, that won the Yugoslav First League in 1939. After the start of the World War II, he left Yugoslavia and continued his career in Lazio playing in Italian Serie A.<ref>[http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Manola.html Petar Manola] at enciclopediadelcalcio.it</ref> Between January 1947 and summer 1948 he played in France, first in Second Division Olympique Lyonnais, and then in Ligue 1 famous club Red Star. Afterwards, he returned to Italy where he played in Napoli, in the 1948–49 season, and then represented lower leagues clubs like Cavese, Benevento and Turris. He ended his playing career in 1956.<ref>{{Reprezentacija}}</ref>
==International career== While playing in BSK Belgrade he played nine matches for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team.<ref>[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12922 Petar Manola] at EU-Football.info</ref>
==Honours== '''BSK Belgrade''' * Yugoslav First League: 1938-39
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player}}
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