Edmund Zientara

Edmund Zientara

File:Edmund Zientara 1970.jpg Edmund Zientara in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Edmund Jan Zientara
Date of birth	(1929-01-25)25 January 1929
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
Date of death
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1950	Polonia Warsaw	30	(0)
1950–1952	Legia Warsaw	22	(0)
1952	Lublinianka	0	(0)
1952–1955	Gwardia Warszawa	23	(3)
1955–1962	Legia Warsaw	135	(3)
1962–1964	Polonia SC Melbourne	?	(?)
Total		210	(6)
International career
1951–1960	Poland	40	(1)
Managerial career
1969–1971	Legia Warsaw
1972–1975	Pogoń Szczecin
1975–1977	Stal Mielec
1983–1984	Wisła Kraków
1984–1987	Poland U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edmund Jan Zientara (25 January 1929 – 3 August 2010) was a Polish football player and manager. As a player, Zientara played as a midfielder at both professional and international levels, and participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics, before becoming a football manager.

Early life

Zientara was born on 25 January 1929 in Warsaw. His father was Aleksander Zientara, a Polish military hero during World War II.

Career

Playing career

Zientara made his professional debut in 1947 for Polonia Warsaw, and he also played for Legia Warsaw, Lublinianka, Gwardia Warszawa and Polonia SC Melbourne before retiring in 1964.

Between 1950 and 1961, Zientara earned forty caps for the Polish national team, including nineteen as captain. He represented Poland at the 1960 Summer Olympics, making three appearances in the tournament.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Zientara managed a number of Polish club sides, including Legia Warsaw, Pogoń Szczecin, Stal Mielec and Wisła Kraków.

In 1999 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He died on 3 August 2010 and was buried at the Bródno Cemetery in Warsaw.

External links

• Edmund Zientara at National-Football-Teams.com