- Gerard Cieślik
Gerard Cieślik (also known as Gienek, born
April 27 ,1927 inHajduki [ [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/gerard-cieslik/ Gerard Cieslik ] ] ) is a former football player ofRuch Wielkie Hajduki (since 1956Ruch Chorzów ).Playing for the
Polish national football team , he is most noted for having scored two goals againstSoviet Union national football team onOctober 20 ,1957 atStadion Śląski . The rather small striker (163 cm, 59 kg) was capped 46 times and scored 27 goals [ [http://www.goalgate.de/spieler,1033,gerard_cieslik.html Gerard Cieslik "Gienek" ] ] .In fact, he spent his entire career with Ruch, from 07/1939 to 06/1959, a tenure which included victory in the 1951 Polish Cup, and 3 Poland Master titles (1951, 1952, 1953). In total, he scored 177 goals for Ruch. He became the club's coach and scout in 1959, and having never cut ties with the team, is seen as a great example of loyalty within the Polish game.
His home region of
Upper Silesia shares its history between Germany and Poland. In 2006, the documentary film „Das Alphabet von Gerard Cieślik“ was presented by „Antena Górnośląska“, as part of the exhibition „Oberschlesier in der deutschen und polnischen Fußballnationalmannschaft - gestern und heute. Sport und Politik in Oberschlesien im 20. Jahrhundert" [ [http://74.125.39.104/search?q=cache:1DbQjyHcH3EJ:www.haus.pl/pl/doc/pub1/Programm_2007.doc+Gerard+Cie%C5%9Blik&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=12&gl=de] ] covering Upper Silesians which played forPolish national football team and/orGerman national football team .In 2006, he also signed [ [http://www.polen-news.de/puw/puw78-04.html 29. Gerard Cieślik, emeryt, Chorzów] ] a protest against
Roman Giertych .External links
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQD36eFdJwE Video, 80th birthday of Cieślik
* http://www.haus.pl/de/opis/05_06_08.html Football Exhibition ofHaus der Deutsch-Polnischen Zusammenarbeit
* http://sportowcy.sport.pl/G/5589,Gerard-Cieslik/
* http://german.imdb.com/name/nm1923454/maindetails
* http://goalgate.de/artikel,47139-fussball-forum-Gerard-Cieslik--Eine-Legende-wird-80.html (with photo)
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