Włodzimierz Lubański

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Personal information
Włodzimierz Lubański
Full name	Włodzimierz Leonard Lubański
Date of birth	February 28, 1947(1947-02-28)
Place of birth	Gliwice, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1963-1975 1975-1982 1982-1983 1983-1985	Górnik Zabrze KSC Lokeren US Valenciennes Stade Quimpérois	234 (155) 196 (82) 31 (27) 58 (14)
National team²
1963-1980	Poland	75 (48)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 16, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 16, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Men's football
Olympic medal record
Gold	Munich 1972	Team competition

Włodzimierz 'Włodek' 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 amassed 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 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 footballing prowess.

At 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 assistant coach at his former club KSC Lokeren, specifically training the strikers.

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v • d • e 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