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Hubert Kostka

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Hubert Kostka
Personal information
Full name Hubert Jerzy Kostka
Date of birth (1940-05-27) 27 May 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Racibórz, Poland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1950–1957 LZS Markowice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1960 Unia Racibórz
1960–1973 Górnik Zabrze 219 (0)
International career
1962–1972 Poland 32 (0)
Managerial career
1974 Poland (assistant)
1974–1976 Górnik Zabrze (youth)
1974–1976 Walka Makoszowy
1975 Poland (assistant)
1976–1977 Górnik Zabrze
1978–1983 Szombierki Bytom
1978 Poland (assistant)
1982 Poland (assistant)
1983 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1983–1986 Górnik Zabrze
1988 FC Aarau
1989 Olimpia Poznań
1989–1993 FC Grenchen
1994 Górnik Zabrze
1995 Petrochemia Płock
1995–1996 Lechia/Olimpia Gdańsk
1997 Raków Częstochowa
2000 Włókniarz Kietrz
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hubert Jerzy Kostka (born 27 May 1940) is a Polish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Kostka participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where Poland won the men's football tournament. Kostka is not only a successful player, he also was a manager, and graduated as a mining engineer from the Silesian Polytechnic in Gliwice.

Club career

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His career began at small club LZS Markowice, but soon he was purchased by Unia Racibórz, and in the fall of 1960 he moved to Górnik Zabrze, a powerhouse of Polish football. He spent 14 years at the club, playing 301 games in all competitions. With Kostka in goal, Górnik won eight Ekstraklasa titles, and finished as runners-up in the 1970 Cup Winners' Cup final to Manchester City.

International career

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Kostka also was a starting goalkeeper for the Poland national team. In the 1972 Summer Olympics, Kostka won the gold medal in the men's football tournament, but soon afterwards the aging goalkeeper was replaced by another star, Jan Tomaszewski. Between 1962 and 1972, he played in 32 international matches,[1] captaining the team on 4 occasions.

International statistics

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Appearances, conceded goals and clean sheets by national team
National team Year Apps Conceded

Goals

Clean

Sheets

Poland 1962 2 1 1
1967 3 6 1
1968 7 10 3
1969 6 8 1
1970 4 6 2
1972 10 7 5
Total 32 38 13

Post-playing career

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After retiring from playing, he started managing. He was the Poland national team assistant in 1974. His first job as the main manager was with Górnik Zabrze Youth. In 1976 he took over as manager of Górnik's first team. Later, he worked with Szombierki Bytom, winning the 1979–80 Ekstraklasa title. In the mid-1980s Kostka returned to Zabrze, winning the Ekstraklasa twice, in 1984–85 and 1985–86. He also helped Kazimierz Górski, Jacek Gmoch and Antoni Piechniczek with preparations for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He graduated as a mining engineer from the Silesian Polytechnic University in Gliwice.

He continued managing until 2000, when he retired from Włókniarz Kietrz.

Honours

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Player

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Górnik Zabrze[2]

Poland

Manager

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Szombierki Bytom

Górnik Zabrze

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Hubert Kostka". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Hubert Kostka". laczynaspilka.pl (in Polish). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Hubert Jerzy Kostka". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Hubert Jerzy Kostka". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.