Petar Manola


Petar Manola was a Bosnian Serb football midfielder.

Club career

Born in Jajce, 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 archived 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 Rome playing in Italian Serie A. 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 Paris. Afterwards, he returned to Italy where he played in S.S.C. Napoli, in the 1948–49 season, and then represented lower leagues clubs like S.S. Cavese 1919, Benevento Calcio and Turris 1944. He ended his playing career in 1956.
He died in 2004.

International career

While playing in BSK Belgrade he played nine matches for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team.

Honours