Robert Gadocha
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-01-10) 10 January 1946
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left Winger
Youth career
1957–1965 Garbarnia Kraków
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1966 Wawel Kraków
1966–1975 Legia Warsaw 206 (72)
1975–1977 Nantes 45 (8)
1978 Chicago Sting 12 (1)
1980–1981 Hartford Hellions (indoor) 21 (14)
International career
1967–1975 Poland 62 (16)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
FIFA World Cup
Third place1974 West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Gadocha (born 10 January 1946 in Kraków) is a retired Polish soccer player, most notable for playing for Legia Warsaw as a left winger.

Gadocha, who started his career in Garbarnia Kraków. later also played for FC Nantes, and briefly in the United States for Chicago Sting, his last professional team. He was a member of the Poland national team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, as well as a member of the team that finished third in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. He has a total of 16 goals in 62 games with the Poland national team.[1]

Robert Gadocha holds the record for the most assists in a single match in World Cup finals history, assisting four goals in his team's 7–0 victory against Haiti in the group stage of the 1974 World Cup.[2][3]

In 1978, Gadocha moved to the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League. He also spent one season, 1980–81, with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 196730
196841
196920
197051
197152
1972104
1973155
1974142
197541
Total6216

References

  1. ↑ Kadra.pl Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Robert Gadocha stat". Opta. Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Poland vs. Haiti". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.


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