Kazimierz Górski
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1921 | ||
Place of birth |
Lwów , Poland | ||
Date of death | 23 May 2006 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Warsaw, Poland | ||
Position(s) |
Striker , Manager | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1936–1939 | RKS Lwów | ||
1940–1941 | Spartak Lviv | ||
1944 | Dynamo Lviv | ||
1945–1953 | Legia Warsaw | ||
International career | |||
1948 | Poland | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1959 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1960–1962 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1963–1964 | KS Lublinianka | ||
1964–1966 |
Gwardia Warszawa | ||
1971–1976 | Poland | ||
1973 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
1976–1978 | Panathinaikos | ||
1978–1980 | Kastoria | ||
1980–1981 | Olympiacos | ||
1981–1982 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1983 | Olympiacos | ||
1983–1985 | Ethnikos Piraeus | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski (2 March 1921 – 23 May 2006) was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of the Polish Football Association. He was also a football player, capped once for Poland.
Playing career
He was born in
Team coach in Poland
He graduated in football training from the
Poland national team coach 1970–1976
He started as the coach of the Poland national junior team from 1956 to 1966, then the Polish U-23 national team from 1966 to 1970, and finally the first
Poland qualified for the 1974 World Cup by defeating 1966 World Cup winners England at home and holding them to a draw at Wembley.[2]
Team coach in Greece
After resigning his position with the Polish national team, he went to Greece and was a successful coach with
PZPN activist
From 1976 Kazimierz Górski was an honorary member of the
When he retired from coaching, he became an activist for PZPN in 1986. From 1987 he was a vice-president and from 1991 to 1995 was the president of PZPN. From 3 July 1995 he was the honorary president of PZPN.
He died from cancer following a long illness on 23 May 2006, aged 85, in Warsaw.
Awards and recognition
Honours
- FIFA Order of Merit (2006, posthumously)
- Order of Merit in Ruby – UEFA award (2006, posthumously)
- Gold Medal of Merit – FIFA award (2001)
- Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta(1996)
- Commander's with Star of Polonia Restituta (2006)
- Grand Cross of Polonia Restituta (2006, posthumous)
- Honorary citizen of Plock (2004) and Lubaczów
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Gdańsk Academy of Physical Education and Sport (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego) (24 November 2003)
- Super Victor (24 April 2006)
Other recognition
- A School Sports Championships in Łódź was named after him.
- The Stadion Narodowy is named after him[3] and has a statue honouring him outside it.
- The Płock Municipal Stadiumis also named after him.
References
- ^ "Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ Bevan, Chris (14 October 2013). "England v Poland 1973: When Clough's 'clown' stopped England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ^ "Premier Mateusz Morawiecki: To bardzo cenna idea, żeby ten stadion, nasz główny stadion Polski, nosił imię Kazimierza Górskiego". Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów.
External links
- Media related to Kazimierz Górski at Wikimedia Commons
- Kazimierz Górski coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
- Kazimierz Górski coach profile at Soccerway