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+1⁄2 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)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Poland FIFA World Cup 1974 West Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team 1976 Montreal Team
*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.

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