Hubert Jerzy Kostka is a retired Polish (German descended) soccer goalkeeper, who represented both Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...

, and the Polish National Team. Kostka participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

 in Munich

Munich

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, where Poland

Poland

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 won gold medal. Kostka is not only a successful player, he also coached several teams and graduated as a mining engineer from the Silesian Polytechnic in Gliwice

Gliwice

Gliwice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Gliwice is the west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

.

His career began in a small club of LZS Markowice, but soon he was purchased by Unia Racibórz, and in the fall of 1960 he moved again - this time to Górnik Zabrze, a powerhouse of Polish soccer. There he spent 14 years, playing altogether in 301 games. With Górnik, he was 8 times champion of Poland as well as a runner-up of the Cup of Winners Cup (Vienna, April 29, 1970 vs. Manchester City).

Kostka also was the starter in the Polish National Team. In the 1972 Summer Olympics he won gold medal in the soccer tournament, but soon afterwards the aging goalie was replaced by another star, Jan Tomaszewski

Jan Tomaszewski

Jan Tomaszewski is a retired Polish footballer , who was nicknamed "Tomek" and "The Man That Stopped England", named Best Goalkeeper in the 1974 World Cup in West Germany....

. Altogether, between 1962 and 1972 he played in 32 international matches, in 4 of them he was the captain.

After retiring from playing, he started coaching. Firstly he worked with Górnik's junior teams, in 1976 he took up the post of coach of Górnik's first team. Later, he worked with Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently plays at the sixth level of Polish football . Greatest achievement of club was championship of Poland won in 1980.-Honours:...

, winning in 1980 Championships of Poland. In mid-1980s Kostka returned to Zabrze, winning Championships of Poland twice (1985, 1986). Also, in the 1970s he helped Kazimierz Górski

Kazimierz Górski

Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of Polish Football Union . He was also a football player, capped once for Poland....

, Jacek Gmoch

Jacek Gmoch

Jacek Gmoch is a former Polish footballer, who later became a trainer and selector of the Polish National Team....

 and Antoni Piechniczek

Antoni Piechniczek

Antoni Piechniczek is a retired Polish football player and a football manager. Since 2007 he is a Polish senator.- Player career :...

with World Cup preparations of the national team.