Witold Szyguła

Witold Szyguła
Personal information
Full name Witold Henryk Szyguła[1]
Date of birth (1940-11-22)22 November 1940
Place of birth Chorzów, Poland[2]
Date of death 4 September 2003(2003-09-04) (aged 62)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1971 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 187 (0)
1971–1972 Hamilton Academical 27 (0)
1972–1974 ROW Rybnik 51 (0)
Total 265 (0)
International career
1963–1970 Poland 3 (0)
Managerial career
1977 Resovia Rzeszów
AKS Chorzów
MCKS Czeladź
ŁTS Łabędy
1982–1983 Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski
Górnik Libiąż
Szombierki Bytom
1992 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Witold Henryk Szyguła (22 November 1940 – 4 September 2003) was a Polish footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper.

He signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical in June 1971, alongside fellow Polish internationals Alfred Olek and Roman Strzałkowski.[3] They were "the first players from behind the Iron Curtain […] to play in Britain."[4] The deal was orchestrated by Hamilton's chairman Jan Stepek, who was himself Polish, in return for electronic goods being sent to Poland.[5] Szyguła also played in Poland for Zagłębie.[6]

Honours

Zagłębie Sosnowiec

References

  1. ^ Witold Szyguła at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Witold Szyguła at 90minut.pl (in Polish) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Hamilton Acas sign three Polish caps". Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1971. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Pole stars to light up the dark SPL sky". Scotsman. 16 July 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ^ "One of the strangest transfer deals in football". Scottish Football Association. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ^ "HAMILTON ACADEMICAL : 1946/47 – 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Rocznica śmierci Witolda Szyguły. To on krzyczał "Moja"…" (in Polish). Zagłębie Sosnowiec. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.


Poland

This biographical article related to a Polish association football goalkeeper is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Strategi Solo vs Squad di Free Fire: Cara Menang Mudah!