Witold Szyguła | |
Fullname: | Witold Henryk Szyguła |
Birth Date: | 1940 11, df=y |
Birth Place: | Chorzów, Poland |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1962–1971 |
Clubs1: | Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
Caps1: | 186 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1971–1972 |
Clubs2: | Hamilton Academical |
Caps2: | 27 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1972–1974 |
Clubs3: | ROW Rybnik |
Caps3: | 50 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 263 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1963–1970 |
Nationalteam1: | Poland |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1977 |
Managerclubs1: | Resovia Rzeszów |
Manageryears2: | 1982–1983 |
Managerclubs2: | Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Manageryears3: | 1992 |
Managerclubs3: | Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
Witold Henryk Szyguła (22 November 1940 – 4 September 2003) was a Polish international footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. He signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical in June 1971, alongside fellow Polish internationals Alfred Olek and Roman Strazalkowski.[1] They were "the first players from behind the Iron Curtain […] to play in Britain."[2] The deal was orchestrated by Hamilton's chairman Jan Stepek, who was himself Polish, in return for electronic goods being sent to Poland.[3] Szyguła also played in Poland for Zagłębie.[4]