Włodzimierz Lubański

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Włodzimierz 'Wlodek' Leonard Lubański (born February 28, 1947 in Gliwice-Sośnica) is a former Polish football (soccer) striker, the all-time goal scorer for the Polish national team.

For his national team, Lubański received 65 caps between 1963 and 1980, scoring 44 goals (if Olympic matches are considered, the numbers become 80 caps and 50 goals). He scored five hat-tricks in his international career, including the rare feat of five goals in one game against Luxembourg in 1969. Lubański made his international debut at the age of 16 years and 188 days, becoming the youngest player ever to appear for Poland. He led his country to the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. After missing out the 1974 FIFA World Cup with a broken leg, Lubański returned to play in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, but never quite reached his previous levels of sportsmanship.

On the club level, Lubański spent most of his career at Górnik Zabrze and also played at KSC Lokeren.

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Poland by the Polish Football Association as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years. [1]

Lubański is currently assitant coach at his former club KSC Lokeren, specifically training the attackers.

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	Poland squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup
1 Tomaszewski \| 2 Mazur \| 3 Maculewicz \| 4 Szymanowski \| 5 Nawałka \| 6 Gorgoń \| 7 Iwan \| 8 Kasperczak \| 9 Żmuda \| 10 Rudy \| 11 Masztaler \| 12 Deyna \| 13 Kupcewicz \| 14 Justek \| 15 Kusto \| 16 Lato \| 17 Szarmach \| 18 Boniek \| 19 Lubański \| 20 Wójcicki \| 21 Kukla \| 22 Kostrzewa \| Coach: Gmoch