| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Włodzimierz Leonard Lubański | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1947-02-28)28 February 1947 (age 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gliwice,Silesian Voivodeship,Republic of Poland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957-1958 | Sośnica Gliwice | ||||||||||||||||
| 1958-1962 | GKS Gliwice | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1975 | Górnik Zabrze | 234 | (155) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1982 | Lokeren | 196 | (82) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Valenciennes | 31 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Stade Quimpérois | 58 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Mechelen | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 520 | (279) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1980 | Poland | 75 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Stade Quimpérois | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Mechelen | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Lokeren | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | PAS Giannina | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||



Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański (Polish pronunciation:[vwɔˈd͡ʑimiɛʐ luˈbaɲskʲi]; born 28 February 1947 inGliwice-Sośnica) is a Polish former professionalfootballer who played as astriker.[1] He is the second-highest all-time goal scorer for thePoland national team, behindRobert Lewandowski, and the youngest-ever player to appear for Poland, making his debut at the age of 16 years and 188 days.[2] For his national team, Lubański amassed 75 caps between 1963 and 1980, scoring 48 goals.
Born inGliwice in 1947, he started his football career at the age of ten inSośnica Gliwice's junior team. Between 1958 and 1962, he was part of the GKS Gliwice's junior squad and in 1963 he started playing football professionally inGórnik Zabrze. He won the Polish Championship seven times with Górnik Zabrze in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971 and 1972.[3] Lubański is the youngest scorer in the history of theEuropean Cup (now known as theUEFA Champions League), scoring against Czech sideDukla Prague in the leg of their tie in the first round of the competition on 13 November 1963, aged 16 years and 258 days.
Between 1975 and 1982, he played for Belgian sideLokeren before moving to French outfitValenciennes FC in 1982, where he remained for a year.[4]
He won the gold medal at the1972 Summer Olympics in themen's football team competition with Poland.[5]
In 1972, he was awarded the title ofMerited Master of Sport of the USSR.[6]
He participated at the1978 FIFA World Cup, finishing fifth with his national team.
Lubański was vice-chairman ofPolonia Warsaw for three months.
In 1997, he received the Officer's Cross of theOrder of Polonia Restituta for his "outstanding contributions to the development of sport in Poland".[7]
In 2015, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of theOrder of Merit of the Republic of Poland.[8]
In 1968, he married Grażyna (née Loreto) with whom he has two children: a son Michał and a daughter Małgorzata.[9]
Lubański is the subject of a number of books includingJa, Lubański by Krzysztof Wyrzykowski (1990),Włodek Lubański. Legenda polskiego futbolu by Włodzimierz Lubański and Przemysław Słowiński (2008) andŻycie jak dobry mecz by Włodzimierz Lubański and Michał Olszański (2016).
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Górnik Zabrze | 1962–63 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 4 | |
| 1963–64 | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | |
| 1964–65 | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | |
| 1965–66 | Ekstraklasa | 18 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 33 | |
| 1966–67 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | |
| 1967–68 | Ekstraklasa | 24 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 34 | |
| 1968–69 | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 22 | 7 | 7 | — | 30 | 29 | ||
| 1969–70 | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 23 | |
| 1970–71 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 24 | |
| 1971–72 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 21 | |
| 1972–73 | Ekstraklasa | 18 | 2 | — | 4 | 5 | 22 | 7 | ||
| 1973–74 | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1974–75 | Ekstraklasa | 12 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 5 | |||
| Total | 234 | 155 | 35 | 40 | 43 | 34 | 312 | 225 | ||
| Lokeren | 1975–76 | Belgian First Division | 34 | 17 | 2 | 1 | — | 36 | 18 | |
| 1976–77 | Belgian First Division | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | |
| 1977–78 | Belgian First Division | 31 | 15 | 5 | 4 | — | 36 | 19 | ||
| 1978–79 | Belgian First Division | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | — | 36 | 16 | ||
| 1979–80 | Belgian First Division | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1 | — | 31 | 16 | ||
| 1980–81 | Belgian First Division | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 10 | |
| 1981–82 | Belgian First Division | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
| Total | 196 | 82 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 225 | 97 | ||
| Valenciennes | 1982–83 | Division 2 | 31 | 28 | — | — | 31 | 28 | ||
| Quimper | 1983–84 | Division 2 | 33 | 7 | — | — | 33 | 7 | ||
| 1984–85 | Division 2 | 25 | 7 | — | — | 25 | 7 | |||
| Total | 58 | 14 | — | — | 58 | 14 | ||||
| Mechelen | 1985–86 | Belgian Second Division | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 520 | 279 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 34 | 627 | 367 | ||
| Poland national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1963 | 3 | 1 |
| 1964 | 4 | 2 |
| 1965 | 2 | 5 |
| 1966 | 6 | 1 |
| 1967 | 7 | 3 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6 |
| 1969 | 8 | 10 |
| 1970 | 7 | 2 |
| 1971 | 5 | 4 |
| 1972 | 9 | 3 |
| 1973 | 5 | 7 |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 2 |
| 1978 | 8 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 75 | 48 |
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