Leszek Lipka is a retired Polish football player, a midfielder, who spent all his active career in Wisła Kraków. Born June 4, 1958 in Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

, Lipka debuted in Ekstraklasa in late 1970s, and remained in Wisła until 1990, altogether playing in 76 official Wisła games, with three goals scored by him. On May 2, 1979, he capped for the first time for the national team of Poland, in a 2-0 victory against Holland, at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów

Chorzów

Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million...

. Lipka was a starter of the Polish team under manager Ryszard Kulesza

Ryszard Kulesza

Ryszard Kulesza was a Polish footballer, coach and official, one of managers of the Poland national football team. His father was killed during Warsaw Uprising, and Kulesza himself, who was 13, was very lucky to survive, as a German soldier threw him under a passing tank...

, and scored a goal in a 2-0 victory versus Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 in December 1980. Altogether, he capped 21 times for Poland, with his last game taking place on March 25, 1981 in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

, versus Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. After retiring from playing, he managed several lower classes teams of Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland, with its capital in the city of Kraków. It forms the southeastern corner of the country, and should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers only a small, southern part of Lesser Poland...

. Currently, he is a coach of Dąbski KS Kraków.