Zygmunt Pieda

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Zygmunt Pieda
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Full name Zygmunt Pieda
Date of birth (1933-04-23) 23 April 1933 (age 90)
Place of birth Szopienice, Poland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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]

Contents

Playing career

Poland

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

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

Individual

Club

Legia Warsaw

Cracovia

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