Ivan Medle (10 February 1932 – 4 February 2003) was a

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ian

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player.

Club career

Born in

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, he started his career with Metalac, before moving on to Lokomotiva. His next move was to

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, 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

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until 1966, when he finished his career.

International career

He had one appearance for the

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team (against Indonesia) in 1956.

Personal life

Death

Medle died in

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on 4 February 2003.

References

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