Hubert Kostka

Hubert Jerzy Kostka (born 27 May 1940 in Ratibor) is a retired Polish football goalkeeper, who represented both Górnik Zabrze,[1] 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.

Hubert Kostka
Personal information
Full name Hubert Jerzy Kostka
Date of birth (1940-05-27) 27 May 1940
Place of birth Ratibor, Nazi Germany
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1950–1957 LZS Markowice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1960 Unia Racibórz
1960–1973 Górnik Zabrze 221 (0)
National team
1962–1972 Poland 32 (0)
Teams managed
1974 Poland (assistant manager)
1974–1976 Górnik Zabrze Youth
1974–1976 Walka Makoszowy
1975 Poland (assistant manager)
1976–1977 Górnik Zabrze
1978–1983 Szombierki Bytom
1978 Poland (assistant manager)
1982 Poland (assistant manager)
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His career began in a small club of LZS Markowice, but soon he was purchased by Unia Racibórz, and in the fall of 1960 he moved - this time to Górnik Zabrze, a powerhouse of Polish soccer. There he spent 14 years, playing all together in 301 games. With Górnik, 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. All together, between 1962 and 1972 he played in 32 international matches,[2] in 4 of them he was the captain.

After retiring from playing, he started coaching. Firstly he worked with Górnik's junior teams, in 1976 he took up the post of coach of Górnik'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 Górski, Jacek Gmoch and Antoni Piechniczek with World Cup preparations of the national team.

References

  1. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/hubert-kostka/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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