Robert Gadocha (born 10 January 1946 in Kraków) is a retired Polish soccer player, most notable for playing for Legia Warsaw as a left winger.
.jpg) Gadocha in 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 January 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kraków, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1965 | Garbarnia Kraków | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Wawel Kraków | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1975 | Legia Warsaw | 206 | (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Nantes | 45 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Chicago Sting | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Hartford Hellions (indoor) | 21 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1975 | Poland | 62 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gadocha, who started his career in Garbarnia Kraków. later also played for FC Nantes, and briefly in the United States for Chicago Sting, his last professional team. He was a member of the Poland national team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, as well as a member of the team that finished third in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. He has a total of 16 goals in 62 games with the Poland national team.[1]
Robert Gadocha holds the record for the most assists in a single match in World Cup finals history, assisting four goals in his team's 7–0 victory against Haiti in the group stage of the 1974 World Cup.[2][3]
In 1978, Gadocha moved to the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League. He also spent one season, 1980–81, with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Poland | 1967 | 3 | 0 |
| 1968 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1969 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1972 | 10 | 4 | |
| 1973 | 15 | 5 | |
| 1974 | 14 | 2 | |
| 1975 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 62 | 16 | |
References edit
- ^ Kadra.pl Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Robert Gadocha stat". Opta. Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Poland vs. Haiti". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
External links edit
- Robert Gadocha at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- NASL/MISL stats
- Robert Gadocha at National-Football-Teams.com
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