Zdzisław Styczeń (16 October 1894, in

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...

– 20 December 1978, in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

) was a footballer from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

(

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

) who played for such clubs as

Cracovia Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków (Cracow). It may refer to: * Cracovia SC, a football club in Australia * Cracovia (vodka) ''Cracovia'' is Polish brand of vodka Vodka ( pl, wódka , russian: водка , sv, vodka ) ...

and

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

. He played in the first game of the

Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represented Poland in men's international tournaments football competitions since their first match in 1921. The team is controlled by the Polish Football Associ ...

. Styczeń was also a part of the Poland national football team that participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

Player profile on pkol.pl
1894 births 1978 deaths Polish footballers Poland international footballers MKS Cracovia (football) players Wisła Kraków players Olympic footballers of Poland Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics People from Przemyśl Sportspeople from Podkarpackie Voivodeship Polish Austro-Hungarians People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Association football midfielders {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub