Personal information | |||
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Full name | Witold Henryk Szyguła | ||
Date of birth | (1940-11-22)22 November 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Chorzów, Poland | ||
Date of death | 4 September 2003(2003-09-04) (aged 62) | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
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. They were "the first players from behind the Iron Curtain to play in Britain." The deal was orchestrated by Hamilton's chairman Jan Stepek, who was himself Polish, in return for electronic goods being sent to Poland. Szyguła also played in Poland for Zagłębie.
Honours
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
- Polish Cup: 1961–62, 1962–63
References
- Witold Szyguła at WorldFootball.net
- ^ 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.
- "Rocznica śmierci Witolda Szyguły. To on krzyczał "Moja"…" (in Polish). Zagłębie Sosnowiec. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
External links
- Witold Szyguła at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1940 births
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- Footballers from Chorzów
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