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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]

Club career

Born 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

Lechner 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

After 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

Lechner 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

  1. ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gustav Lehner at Reprezentacija.rs
  3. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Gustav Lehner". Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "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.

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