Hubert Kostka

Hubert Kostka

Personal information
Full name	Hubert Jerzy Kostka
Date of birth	(1940-05-27) 27 May 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth	Racibórz, Poland
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1950–1957	LZS Markowice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1960	Unia Racibórz
1960–1973	Górnik Zabrze	219	(0)
International career
1962–1972	Poland	32	(0)
Managerial career
1974	Poland (assistant)
1974–1976	Górnik Zabrze (youth)
1974–1976	Walka Makoszowy
1975	Poland (assistant)
1976–1977	Górnik Zabrze
1978–1983	Szombierki Bytom
1978	Poland (assistant)
1982	Poland (assistant)
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
Medal record Men's football Representing  Poland Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hubert Jerzy Kostka (born 27 May 1940) is a Polish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Kostka participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where Poland won the men's football tournament. Kostka is not only a successful player, he also was a manager, and graduated as a mining engineer from the Silesian Polytechnic in Gliwice.

Club career

His career began at small club LZS Markowice, but soon he was purchased by Unia Racibórz, and in the fall of 1960 he moved to Górnik Zabrze, a powerhouse of Polish football. He spent 14 years at the club, playing 301 games in all competitions. With Kostka in goal, Górnik won eight Ekstraklasa titles, and finished as runners-up in the 1970 Cup Winners' Cup final to Manchester City.

International career

Kostka also was a starting goalkeeper for the Poland national team. In the 1972 Summer Olympics, Kostka won the gold medal in the men's football tournament, but soon afterwards the aging goalkeeper was replaced by another star, Jan Tomaszewski. Between 1962 and 1972, he played in 32 international matches,^[1] captaining the team on 4 occasions.

International statistics

Post-playing career

After retiring from playing, he started managing. He was the Poland national team assistant in 1974. His first job as the main manager was with Górnik Zabrze Youth. In 1976 he took over as manager of Górnik's first team. Later, he worked with Szombierki Bytom, winning the 1979–80 Ekstraklasa title. In the mid-1980s Kostka returned to Zabrze, winning the Ekstraklasa twice, in 1984–85 and 1985–86. He also helped Kazimierz Górski, Jacek Gmoch and Antoni Piechniczek with preparations for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He graduated as a mining engineer from the Silesian Polytechnic University in Gliwice.

He continued managing until 2000, when he retired from Włókniarz Kietrz.

Honours

Player

Górnik Zabrze^[2]

• Ekstraklasa: 1961, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72
• Polish Cup: 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72

Poland

• Summer Olympic Games gold medal: 1972^[3]

Manager

Szombierki Bytom

• Ekstraklasa: 1979–80^[3]

Górnik Zabrze

• Ekstraklasa: 1984–85, 1985–86^[3]

Individual

• Polish Coach of the Year: 1979, 1980, 1985^[4]

References