Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski | ||
Date of birth | 2 March 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Lwów, Poland | ||
Date of death | 23 May 2006 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Warsaw, Poland | ||
Playing position | Striker, Manager | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1936–1939 | RKS Lwów | ||
1940–1941 | Spartak Lviv | ||
1944 | Dynamo Lviv | ||
1945–1953 | Legia Warsaw | ||
National team | |||
1948 | Poland | 1 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1959 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1960–1962 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1963–1964 | KS Lublinianka | ||
1964–1966 | Gwardia Warszawa | ||
1971–1976 | Poland | ||
1973 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
1976–1977 | Panathinaikos | ||
1980–1981 | Olympiacos | ||
1981–1982 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1983 | Olympiacos | ||
1985 | Panathinaikos | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski (March 2, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of Polish Football Union (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN). He was also a football player, capped once for Poland.
He was born in Lwów, now Lviv, Ukraine. He played as a forward in several Polish football teams: RKS Lwów, Spartak Lviv, FC Dynamo Lviv, Legia Warsaw and his football nickname was "Sarenka" ("Roe-deer"). His successful career was interrupted by World War II and it took until 1948 before he participated in his only international match, a game between Poland and Denmark (0-8).
He graduated in football training from the Higher School of Physical Education in Kraków (Wyższa Szkoła Wychowania Fizycznego, today the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie) and the Physical Education Academy in Wrocław (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego we Wrocławiu) in 1980. He was the coach of Legia Warsaw (3 times), Marymont Warszawa (his first independent training job started there in 1954), Gwardia Warszawa, Lublinianka Lublin, and ŁKS Łódź.
He started as the coach of the Polish national junior team from 1956 to 1966, then the Polish U-23 national team from 1966 to 1970, and finally the first Poland national football team from 1970 to 1976. His first international match with the team was held on 5 May 1971 in Lausanne against Switzerland. His major successes were winning the gold medal in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich; the silver medal (for 3rd place) in the 1974 World Cup held in Germany; and another silver medal for 2nd place in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal (the second of Poland's three Olympic medals in football). Kazimierz Górski was the coach of the Polish national team for 73 matches (with 45 wins).