Jan Jałocha (born 18 July 1957) is a

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former

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player. He was perhaps the best right-back of the eighties in Poland. He played mostly for

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. He played for that club, from 1974 to 1986, 215 first league matches and scored 19 goals. He played in the Poland national team (28 matches/1 goal) and was a participant at the

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, where Poland won the bronze medal. He was injured in the match with

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and was replaced in the first squad by Marek Dziuba. He is the uncle of Marcin Jałocha.

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