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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 January 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kraków, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1965 | Garbarnia Kraków | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Wawel Kraków | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1975 | Legia Warsaw | 206 | (72) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Nantes | 45 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Chicago Sting | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Hartford Hellions (indoor) | 21 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1975 | Poland | 62 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Gadocha (born 10 January 1946 in Kraków) is a retired Polish soccer player, most notable for playing for Legia Warsaw as a left winger.
Gadocha, who started his career in Garbarnia Kraków. later also played for FC Nantes, and briefly in the United States for Chicago Sting, his last professional team. He was a member of the Poland national team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, as well as a member of the team that finished third in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. He has a total of 16 goals in 62 games with the Poland national team.[1]
Robert Gadocha holds the record for the most assists in a single match in World Cup finals history, assisting four goals in his team's 7–0 victory against Haiti in the group stage of the 1974 World Cup.[2][3]
In 1978, Gadocha moved to the Chicago Sting of the North American Soccer League. He also spent one season, 1980–81, with the Hartford Hellions of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
