Robert Gadocha
![]() Gadocha in 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 January 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kraków, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1957–1965 | Garbarnia Kraków | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | Wawel Kraków | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1966–1975 | Legia Warsaw | 206 | (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1977 | Nantes | 45 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Chicago Sting | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | Hartford Hellions (indoor) | 21 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1967–1975 | Poland | 62 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Gadocha (born 10 January 1946) is a Polish former professional footballer as a left winger.
Gadocha, who started his career in Garbarnia Kraków. later also played for FC Nantes, and briefly in the United States for Chicago Sting, his last professional team. He was a member of the Poland national team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, as well as a member of the team that finished third in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. He has a total of 16 goals in 62 games with the Poland national team.[1]
Gadocha holds the record for the most assists in a single match in World Cup finals history, assisting four goals in his team's 7–0 victory against Haiti in the group stage of the 1974 World Cup.[2][3]
In 1978, Gadocha moved to the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League. He also spent one season, 1980–81, with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Poland | 1967 | 3 | 0 |
1968 | 4 | 1 | |
1969 | 2 | 0 | |
1970 | 5 | 1 | |
1971 | 5 | 2 | |
1972 | 10 | 4 | |
1973 | 15 | 5 | |
1974 | 14 | 2 | |
1975 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 62 | 16 |
Honours
[edit]Legia Warsaw[4]
- Ekstraklasa: 1968–69, 1969–70
- Polish Cup: 1972–73
Nantes
Poland
References
[edit]- ^ Kadra.pl Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Robert Gadocha stat". Opta. Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Poland vs. Haiti". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Robert Gadocha". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Robert Gadocha at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- NASL/MISL stats
- Robert Gadocha at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Kraków
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Poland
- Olympic footballers for Poland
- Olympic medalists in football
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- Garbarnia Kraków players
- Wawel Kraków players
- Legia Warsaw players
- FC Nantes players
- Chicago Sting (NASL) players
- Hartford Hellions players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Ligue 1 players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Polish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Polish football forward stubs
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs