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Leszek Lipka

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Leszek Lipka
Personal information
Full name Leszek Lipka
Date of birth (1958-06-04) 4 June 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Wisła Kraków
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1990 Wisła Kraków 319 (29)
1990 Błękitni Kielce
International career
1979–1981 Poland 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leszek Lipka (born 4 June 1958) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his active career in Wisła Kraków.[1]

Club career

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Born in Kraków, Lipka debuted in Ekstraklasa in the late 1970s, and remained in Wisła until 1990. He played in 378 official Wisła games, scoring 37 goals.[2]

International career

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On 2 May 1979, he earned his first cap for the Poland national team, in a 2–0 victory over the Netherlands, at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów. Lipka was a starter in the Polish team under manager Ryszard Kulesza, and scored a goal in a 2–0 victory versus Malta in December 1980. Altogether, he capped 21 times for Poland, with his last game taking place on 25 March 1981 in Bucharest against Romania.

Coaching career

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After retiring, he managed several lower class teams of Lesser Poland.

Honours

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Wisła Kraków

References

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  1. ^ "Leszek Lipka". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ Leszek Lipka at football portal www.90minut.pl
  3. ^ "Leszek Lipka". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 June 2024.