Andrzej Jarosik

Andrzej Władysław Jarosik (born November 26, 1944 in Sosnowiec) is a former Polish footballer who played forward.

He started his career in Zagłębie Sosnowiec (1958-1975) and then played for various French clubs: Racing Strasbourg (1975-1976) and SC Toulon (1976-1977), Poland National Football Team (25 caps, 11 goals), he made his debut in 1965 versus Bulgaria. His last appearance for the national team was in 1972 also against Bulgaria. He was a two time scoring champion in the Polish first league (1970 - 18 goals, 1971 - 13 goals). He qualified for the Olympic squad in Munich (1972) and won the gold medal. In the game against the Soviet Union he refused to take the pitch because his displeasure of starting the game on the bench. His place was taken by Zygfryd Szołtysik (who ended up scoring a goal). After finishing his career as a player Jarosik, along with his family left for France where he currently lives and runs his business.

References

* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=85802 weltfussball]