Zygmunt Pieda Explained

Zygmunt Pieda
Fullname:Zygmunt Pieda
Birth Date:23 April 1933
Birth Place:Szopienice, Poland
Position:Forward
Clubs1:KS Mała Dąbrówka
Years2:1952–1954
Clubs2:Unia Chorzów
Years3:1954–1955
Clubs3:Legia Warsaw
Caps3:32
Goals3:2
Years4:1956–1964
Clubs4:Ruch Chorzów
Years5:1965–1970
Clubs5:Cracovia
Managerclubs1:Cracovia
Managerclubs2:Western Australia
Managerclubs3:Morley-Windmills
Managerclubs4:Inglewood Kiev
Managerclubs5:Osborne Park

Zygmunt Pieda (born 23 April 1933 in Szopienice, Poland) is a Polish former footballer.[1] [2]

Playing career

Poland

Pieda played for Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warsaw in a twelve-year career in the Polish Ekstraklasa, captaining Legia to a cup and league double in 1955.[3] [4]

Australia

In 1966 he was lured along with countrymen Paweł Sobek, Henryk Lukoszek and Władysław Musiał to Australia to play for struggling Perth team Cracovia. After one season the team won the State League.[5] [6]

Honours

Individual

Club

Legia Warsaw

Cracovia

1966

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zygmunt Pieda. worldfootball.net. 24 October 2009.
  2. Web site: Australian Player Database - P. ozfootball.net. 24 October 2009.
  3. News: Aleksandar Vuković: Legia potrzebuje 11 kapitanów. Gazeta. pl. 24 October 2009.
  4. Web site: Zygmunt Pieda (napastnik) . Legia.net . pl . 5 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027215848/http://www.legia.net/historia/bl_pilkarz.php?id=297 . 27 October 2007 .
  5. Web site: 1966 Competition Review - STATE LEAGUE : CRACOVIA IN A PHOTO-FINISH . FootballWA. 24 October 2009.
  6. Web site: LOCAL LEGENDS HONOURED . 3 December 2002. footballwa.net. 24 October 2009.
  7. Web site: Hall of Champions. Football Hall of Fame Western Australia. FootballWA. 5 November 2009.
  8. Web site: Century of Champions, The 1960s. FootballWA. 5 November 2009.