Joachim StachuÅ‚a (1 February 1940 – 9 March 2013) was a Polish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
.
After winning promotion in 1964, he scored
Śląsk Wrocław
Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...
's first ever goal in the
top flight, a 15th minute penalty against
Gwardia Warsaw
WKS Gwardia Warszawa () was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. The club was dissolved in 2018.
Football
It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953 to 1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–19 ...
on 19 August 1964.
In 1966, he returned to
Thorez Wałbrzych, which changed their name to
Zagłębie Wałbrzych
Zagłębie Wałbrzych is a Polish multi-sports club in the south-western city of Wałbrzych. The club, based in the Biały Kamień neighbourhood, is the most famous for its football team, which competed in the Polish top division in the past.
H ...
in their promotion year in 1968. Stachuła played in 136
Ekstraklasa
(; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...
matches for them, scoring nine goals in six seasons.
He played in one match for the
Poland national team on 30 April 1969 in a 3–1 win against
Turkey
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.
He previously represented the B national team and the youth teams.
He died aged 73 after a long illness.
Bibliography
*Filip Podolski Śląsk Wrocław. 30 sezonów w ekstraklasie, n.d.
*Roman Szczurowski Zagłębie Wałbrzych w rozgrywkach ekstraklasy, wyd. Bytom 2009
References
External links
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1940 births
2013 deaths
Footballers from Wałbrzych
Polish men's footballers
Poland men's youth international footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Śląsk Wrocław players
Zagłębie Wałbrzych players
Ekstraklasa players
I liga players
20th-century Polish sportsmen