Aleksander "Sandi" Lah was a Slovenian footballer.

Sandi Lah
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Lah
Place of birth Austro-Hungary
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1931–1932 Ilirija Ljubljana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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

Career

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Tradicija at ND Ilirija 1911 official website, retrieved 22-1-2017 (in Slovene)
  2. ^ 1932/1933 at exyufudbal.in.rs
  3. ^ a b 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)