Jerzy Gorgoń

Jerzy Gorgoń
Personal information
Full name Jerzy Paweł Gorgoń
Date of birth (1949-07-18) 18 July 1949 (age 74)
Place of birth Zabrze, Poland
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1961–1966 MGKS Mikulczyce
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1980 Górnik Zabrze 220 (18)
1980–1983 FC St. Gallen 78 (4)
Total 298 (22)
International career
1970–1978 Poland 55 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jerzy Paweł Gorgoń (born 18 July 1949 in Zabrze) is a Polish former football player who is remembered for his participation in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a 6'4" tall central defender, who became well known in 1967 while playing for Górnik Zabrze. He helped Zabrze to five consecutive Polish Cups in 1968–72. Gorgoń participated in the 1974 World Cup in, then, West Germany, winning third place with the Poland National Team and being his squad's defensive pillar.

He won 55 international caps overall,[1] and took on the role of captaincy once. He also played in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal,[2][3]

Gorgoń moved to Argentina in 1978. He had a mostly unsuccessful time there and moved to Switzerland in 1980 to play for FC Gallen. He later coached the reserve and youth teams of Blau-Weiss St. Gallen as well as at the football academy in Gossau.

References

  1. ^ "Poland – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  2. ^ Jerzy GorgonFIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ "Jerzy Gorgoń Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2009.