Edmund Zientara
 Edmund Zientara in 1970 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edmund Jan Zientara | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Warsaw, Poland | ||
| Date of death | 3 August 2010 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Warsaw, Poland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1950 | Polonia Warsaw | 30 | (0) |
| 1950–1952 | Legia Warsaw | 22 | (0) |
| 1952 | Lublinianka | 0 | (0) |
| 1952–1955 | Gwardia Warszawa | 23 | (3) |
| 1955–1962 | Legia Warsaw | 135 | (3) |
| 1962–1964 | Polonia SC Melbourne | ? | (?) |
| Total | 210 | (6) | |
| National team | |||
| 1951–1960 | Poland | 40 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1969–1971 | Legia Warsaw | ||
| 1972–1975 | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
| 1975–1977 | Stal Mielec | ||
| 1983–1984 | Wisła Kraków | ||
| 1984–1987 | Poland U-21 | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Edmund Jan Zientara (25 January 1929 – 3 August 2010) was a Polish football player and manager. As a player, Zientara played as a midfielder at both professional and international levels, and participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics, before becoming a football manager.
Early life
Zientara was born on 25 January 1929 in Warsaw. His father was Aleksander Zientara, a Polish military hero during World War II.
Career
Playing career
Zientara made his professional debut in 1947 for Polonia Warsaw, and he also played for Legia Warsaw, Lublinianka, Gwardia Warszawa and Polonia SC Melbourne before retiring in 1964.
Between 1950 and 1961, Zientara earned forty caps for the Polish national team, including nineteen as captain. He represented Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics, making three appearances in the tournament.[1]
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Zientara managed a number of Polish club sides, including Legia Warsaw, Pogoń Szczecin, Stal Mielec and Wisła Kraków.
In 1999 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He died on 3 August 2010 and was buried at the Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw.
References
- ↑ "Edmund ZIENTARA". FIFA. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
External links
- Edmund Zientara at National-Football-Teams.com
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