Edward Szymkowiak
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 February 1932 | ||
Place of birth | Szopienice, Poland | ||
Date of death | 28 January 1990 | (aged 57)||
Place of death | Bytom, Poland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1944 | TuS Bogucice | ||
1945–1949 | KS 22 Mała Dąbrówka | ||
1950–1952 | Ruch Chorzów | 24 | (0) |
1952 | Garnizonowy WKS Bielsko | ||
1953–1956 | Legia Warszawa | 85 | (0) |
1957–1969 | Polonia Bytom | 245 | (0) |
International career | |||
1952–1969 | Poland | 53 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Józef Szymkowiak (February 13, 1932 – January 28, 1990) was a notable Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
He played for such a clubs like Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warszawa, but most of his career he spent in Polonia Bytom. He is one of the legend of that club. The stadium of Polonia Bytom is called by his name.
International career
Szymkowiak participated in the Olympic Games in Helsinki and Rome. He played in one of the biggest victories of Polish football - in the game versus the USSR national football team in 1957.
Honours
- Ruch Chorzów
- Polish Cup (Polish championship): 1951
- Polish championship: 1952
- Legia Warsaw
- Polish championship: 1955, 1956
- Polish Cup: 1955, 1956
- Polonia Bytom
- Polish championship: 1962
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1965
- International Soccer League: 1965
- Individual
- Player of the season: 1957, 1958, 1965, 1966
External links
- Profile on bramkarze (in Polish)
- Profile on legia.net (in Polish)
- Profile on poloniabytom.com.pl (in Polish)
Categories:
- 1932 births
- 1990 deaths
- Polish footballers
- Poland international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Sportspeople from Katowice
- Polonia Bytom players
- Legia Warsaw players
- Ruch Chorzów players
- Olympic footballers of Poland
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Polish football managers
- Polonia Bytom managers
- Polish football goalkeeper stubs