Edward Szymkowiak
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Full name
Edward Józef Szymkowiak
Date of birth
13 February 1932
Place of birth
Szopienice, Poland
Date of death
28 January 1990 (aged 57)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Józef Szymkowiak | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Szopienice, Poland | ||
| Date of death | 28 January 1990 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Bytom, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944 | TuS Bogucice | ||
| 1945–1949 | KS 22 Mała Dąbrówka | ||
| 1950–1952 | Ruch Chorzów | 24 | (0) |
| 1952 | Garnizonowy WKS Bielsko | ||
| 1953–1956 | Legia Warsaw | 85 | (0) |
| 1957–1969 | Polonia Bytom | 245 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1952–1965 | Poland | 53 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edward Józef Szymkowiak (13 February 1932 – 28 January 1990) was a Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played for such a clubs like Ruch Chorzów and Legia Warsaw, but most of his career he spent in Polonia Bytom. He is one of the legends of that club. The stadium of Polonia Bytom is called by his name. Szymkowiak participated in the Olympic Games in Helsinki and Rome.[1] He played in one of the biggest victories of Polish football, a game against the USSR national football team in 1957.
Career statistics
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Conceded
Goals |
Clean
Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1952 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 1953 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1957 | 5 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1958 | 6 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1959 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1960 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1961 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1962 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Total | 53 | 80 | 11 | |
