Hubert Kostka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Polish association football player and manager
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Place of Birth: Racib贸rz, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
About Hubert Kostka
- Hubert Jerzy Kostka (born 27 May 1940 in Ratibor) is a retired Polish (German descended) soccer goalkeeper, who represented both G贸rnik Zabrze, and the Polish National Team.
- Kostka participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where Poland won gold medal.
- Kostka is not only a successful player, he also coached several teams and graduated as a mining engineer from the Silesian Polytechnic in Gliwice. His career began in a small club of LZS Markowice, but soon he was purchased by Unia Racib贸rz, and in the fall of 1960 he moved - this time to G贸rnik Zabrze, a powerhouse of Polish soccer.
- There he spent 14 years, playing altogether in 301 games.
- With G贸rnik, he was 8 times champion of Poland as well as a runner-up of the Cup of Winners Cup (Vienna, 29 April 1970 vs.
- Manchester City). Kostka also was the starter in the Polish National Team.
- In the 1972 Summer Olympics he won gold medal in the soccer tournament, but soon afterwards the aging goalie was replaced by another star, Jan Tomaszewski.
- Altogether, between 1962 and 1972 he played in 32 international matches, in 4 of them he was the captain. After retiring from playing, he started coaching.
- Firstly he worked with G贸rnik's junior teams, in 1976 he took up the post of coach of G贸rnik's first team.
- Later, he worked with Szombierki Bytom, winning in 1980 Championships of Poland.
- In mid-1980s Kostka returned to Zabrze, winning Championships of Poland twice (1985, 1986).
- Also, in the 1970s he helped Kazimierz G贸rski, Jacek Gmoch and Antoni Piechniczek with World Cup preparations of the national team.
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