Zbigniew Stroniarz (21 September 1943 – 31 August 2017) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.

Zbigniew Stroniarz
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-09-21)September 21, 1943
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Date of death August 31, 2017(2017-08-31) (aged 73)
Place of death Poland
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1953–1960 Garbarnia Kraków
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1962 SHL Kielce
1962–1964 KS Cracovia 32 (13)
1964 Legia Warsaw 1 (0)
1965–1967 KS Lublinianka
1967–1971 KS Cracovia 61 (18)
1974 Toronto Polonia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Stroniarz played at the youth level with Garbarnia Kraków from 1952 till 1960.[1] In 1960, he played with SHL Kielce for three seasons, and played in the II liga with KS Cracovia in 1962.[2] In 1964, he played in the Ekstraklasa with league rivals Legia Warsaw.[3] He made his debut for Warsaw on August 16, 1964, against Zagłębie Sosnowiec.[4]

The following season he played in the Liga okręgowa with KS Lublinianka, and returned to Cracovia in 1967.[5][3] Throughout his second stint with Cracovia he played in the Ekstraklasa, and II liga.[6] In 1974, he played abroad in the Canadian National Soccer League with Toronto Polonia.[7]

Personal life

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His brother Henryk Stroniarz was also a footballer.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "SPORTOWETEMPO.PL - Zmarł Zbigniew Stroniarz". sportowetempo.pl. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  2. ^ a b "Zmarł Zbigniew Stroniarz, były piłkarz Cracovii i Legii". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). September 3, 2017. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  3. ^ a b Jablonowski, Szymon (2017-09-03). "Zmarł były zawodnik Cracovii i Legii, Zbigniew Stroniarz". Polski sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  4. ^ "Legia.Net - Legia Warszawa - Zawodnik Zbigniew Stroniarz". legia.net. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  5. ^ "Zmarł Zbigniew Stroniarz". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  6. ^ "Były piłkarz Cracovii i Legii Warszawa nie żyje". sport.se.pl. September 4, 2017. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  7. ^ "Three-goal effort". The Globe and Mail. May 11, 1974. p. 55.