Zygmunt Józef Anczok (born 14 March 1946) is a Polish former footballer who played as a left-back. He was an Olympic champion for Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Full name | Zygmunt Józef Anczok | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lubliniec, Poland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1963 | Sparta Lubliniec | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1971 | Polonia Bytom | 194 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1974 | Górnik Zabrze | 38 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | SAC Wisła Chicago | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Chicago Cats | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Skeid Oslo | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1973 | Poland | 48 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sparta Lubliniec | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
His biggest success came in 1972 when he won the Polish Cup as well as appearing in several Polish international matches. His international career began in 1965 when he played against Scotland. At the time of his arrival in the national game, a player of such speed and agility was practically unheard of in Poland, and he frequently was substituted into games to bring to his teams extra power in not just defense, but attack.
Anczok was given an opportunity in 1966 to go on a tour of South America, where he more than held his own against players such as Pelé. Numerous minor injuries gave him problems throughout the years to come, including in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He continued to play in Norway in the late seventies, before retiring as a player in 1979 and heading into management. He originally managed in Poland before health problems forced him into relinquishing his duties.
Honours
editGórnik Zabrze[2]
- Ekstraklasa: 1971–72
- Polish Cup: 1971–72
Poland Olympic
References
edit- ^ "Zygmunt Anczok Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Zygmunt Anczok". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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