Jan Banaś (born Hans Dieter Banas on 29 March 1943 in the

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district of

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), nicknamed Bubi, is a Polish

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, who began his career as a youngster playing for AKS Mikołów (1956–59) before moving to Zryw Chorzów in 1959-62,

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(1962–69) and

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(1969–75). Between his first call-up for

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in 1964 and his last in 1973, he earned 31 caps, scoring nine goals (or ten, if the controversial goal in the 1973 win over England is credited to him). Aged 32, he was allowed to move to the United States, and then played in a string of countries including Mexico (with

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), Belgium, and France well after his fortieth birthday. Recently he has been coaching low-level Silesian clubs, including

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. In 1966, together with Jan Liberda and

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, Banas decided to illegally migrate to Western Europe, they all escaped before the game Polonia Bytom vs.

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. He was unable to achieve much success even in the German Oberliga, and half a year later he returned and was pardoned by the

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. After return, he changed his name to the Polish form, and took the name Jan in March 1967.

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