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Zygmunt Pieda

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Zygmunt Pieda
Personal information
Full name Zygmunt Pieda
Date of birth (1933-04-23) 23 April 1933 (age 91)
Place of birth Szopienice, Poland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
KS Mała Dąbrówka
1952–1954 Unia Chorzów
1954–1955 Legia Warsaw 32 (2)
1956–1964 Ruch Chorzów
1965–1970 Cracovia
Managerial career
Cracovia
Western Australia
Morley-Windmills
Inglewood Kiev
Osborne Park
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zygmunt Pieda (born 23 April 1933 in Szopienice, Poland) is a Polish former footballer.[1][2]

Playing career

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Poland

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Pieda played for Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warsaw in a twelve-year career in the Polish Ekstraklasa, captaining Legia to a cup and league double in 1955.[1][3][4]

Australia

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In 1966 he was lured along with countrymen Paweł Sobek, Henryk Lukoszek and Władysław Musiał to Australia to play for struggling Perth team Cracovia. After one season the team won the State League.[5][6]

Honours

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Individual

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Club

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Legia Warsaw

Cracovia

References

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  1. ^ a b "Zygmunt Pieda". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Australian Player Database - P". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Aleksandar Vuković: Legia potrzebuje 11 kapitanów" (in Polish). Gazeta. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Zygmunt Pieda (napastnik)" (in Polish). Legia.net. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  5. ^ "1966 Competition Review - STATE LEAGUE : CRACOVIA IN A PHOTO-FINISH". FootballWA. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  6. ^ "LOCAL LEGENDS HONOURED". footballwa.net. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
  7. ^ "Hall of Champions". Football Hall of Fame Western Australia. FootballWA. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Century of Champions, The 1960s". FootballWA. Retrieved 5 November 2009.