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Polish footballer

Robert Gadocha
Gadocha in 1973
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-01-10) 10 January 1946 (age 78)
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
Men's football
Representing  Poland
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1974 West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Gadocha (born 10 January 1946) is a Polish former professional footballer as a left winger.

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. His departure to France happened when he was 29. In Poland it was forbidden for a long time to departure abroad to play football. He was the first Polish player to get a legal permission to move abroad to play football.] ]

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.

Gadocha holds the record for the most assists in a single match in World Cup finals history, alongside Giovanni Ferrari, assisting four goals in his team's 7–0 victory against Haiti in the group stage of the 1974 World Cup.

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.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
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

Honours

Legia Warsaw

Nantes

Poland

References

  1. Kadra.pl Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Robert Gadocha stat". Opta. Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. "Poland vs. Haiti". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Robert Gadocha". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.

External links

1974 World Soccer World XI
Poland squads
Poland football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists
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Poland squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup third place
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