Sandi Lah

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Sandi Lah
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Lah
Place of birth Austro-Hungary
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1931–1932 Ilirija Ljubljana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1932–1933 Ilirija Ljubljana
1934 Primorje Ljubljana
1935–1938 SK Ljubljana 30 (9)
1938–1939 BASK Belgrade 17 (4)
International career
Yugoslavia B
Managerial career
19xx–1961 Rudar Kakanj
Borac Banja Luka
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksander "Sandi" Lah was a Slovenian footballer.

Career

Sandi Lah is mentioned at ND Ilirija 1911 official website as one of their best and most successful young players in club history. [1] In 1931, he started playing for the youth team but was immediately incorporated to the main team of Ilirija. [1] He played for Ilirija in the qualifiers for the 1932–33 Yugoslav Football Championship in both games played against AŠK Primorje which they lost 2–3 and 1–2. [2] Curiously, he then played with AŠK Primorje after the two clubs merged, [1] and subsequently with SK Ljubljana playing with them in the Yugoslav First League three consecutive seasons between 1935 and 1938. [3] It was then that he achieved his highlight in his career when he moved to Yugoslav capital Belgrade and joined FK BASK [1] playing with them in the 1938–39 Yugoslav Football Championship. [3] On January 6, 1939, Yugoslav most popular daily newspaper, Politika choose the best players of the main top-league clubs to ask them about their reading habits, and Lah was chosen among BASK players having said his preference was the Russian literature. [4]

In 1950, he headed the reestablishment of the football section at Ilirija. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tradicija at ND Ilirija 1911 official website, retrieved 22-1-2017 (in Slovene)
  2. 1932/1933 at exyufudbal.in.rs
  3. 1 2 Aleksander Lah at exyufudbal.in.rs
  4. Наши најпопуларнији футбалери највише читају романе at Politika.rs, 24-1-2012, original text from 6/9-1-1939 by Ljubiša Vukadinović (in Serbian)
  5. Popoteh zeleno-bele stare dame iz Zgornje Šiške at snportal.si, 21-12-2014, retrieved 22-1-2017 (in Slovene)