Zygmunt Pieda (born 23 April 1933 in Szopienice, Poland) is a Polish former footballer.

Playing career

Poland

Pieda played for

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

and

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

in a twelve-year career in the Polish Ekstraklasa, captaining Legia to a cup and league double in 1955.

Australia

In 1966 he was lured along with countrymen Paweł Sobek, Henryk Lukoszek and Władysław Musiał to Australia to play for struggling Perth team Cracovia. After one season the team won the State League.

Honours

Individual

*D'Orsogna Cup Man of the Match: 1967 * Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Hall of Champions Inducted: 2002 * Football Hall of Fame Western Australia Century of Champions, The 1960s

Club

* Ekstraklasa Winner:

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* Polish Cup Winner: 1955 Cracovia *

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: 1966 *D'Orsogna Cup Winner: 1967 *Night Series Winner: 1967

References

Polish men's footballers Polish emigrants to Australia Ekstraklasa players Legia Warsaw players Ruch Chorzów players 1933 births Living people Footballers from Katowice Men's association football forwards {{Poland-footy-forward-stub