Witold Szyguła
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Witold Henryk Szyguła[1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 November 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Chorzów, Poland[2] | ||
Date of death | 4 September 2003 | (aged 62)||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1971 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 186 | (0) |
1971–1972 | Hamilton Academical | 27 | (0) |
1972–1974 | ROW Rybnik | 50 | (0) |
Total | 263 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1963–1970 | Poland | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1977 | Resovia Rzeszów | ||
1982–1983 | Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski | ||
1992 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Witold Henryk Szyguła (22 November 1940 – 4 September 2003) was a Polish international 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 Strazalkowski.[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]
References
[edit]- ^ Witold Szyguła at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b Witold Szyguła at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- ^ "Hamilton Acas sign three Polish caps". Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1971. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Pole stars to light up the dark SPL sky". Scotsman. 16 July 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "One of the strangest transfer deals in football". Scottish Football Association. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "HAMILTON ACADEMICAL : 1946/47 – 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Witold Szyguła at National-Football-Teams.com
- Witold Szyguła at FootballDatabase.eu
Categories:
- 1940 births
- 2003 deaths
- Footballers from Chorzów
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Polish expatriate men's footballers
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Ekstraklasa players
- Zagłębie Sosnowiec players
- Polish football managers
- Zagłębie Sosnowiec managers
- Polish football goalkeeper stubs