Jan Liberda

Jan Konrad Liberda (26 November 1936 – 6 February 2020) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. Liberda played mostly for one team, Polonia Bytom,^[1] where he remained since 1950, until 1969. He ended his career in 1971 at AZ.^[2] He twice was the top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, in 1959 with 21 goals, and in 1962 with 16 goals. Also, in 1962, he won championship of Poland. All together, Liberda played in 304 of Polonia's games, scoring 146 goals.

Jan Liberda

Personal information
Full name	Jan Konrad Liberda
Date of birth	(1936-11-26)26 November 1936
Place of birth	Beuthen, Germany (now Bytom, Poland)
Date of death	6 February 2020(2020-02-06) (aged 83)
Place of death	Bytom, Poland
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1949–1950	Budowlani Chorzów
1950–1954	Polonia Bytom
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1969	Polonia Bytom	301	(145)
1969	A.A.C. Eagles
1969–1971	AZ	42	(1)
1971	Polonia Bytom	3	(1)
1971	GKS Katowice
International career
	Poland U18
	Poland U23
1959–1967	Poland	35	(8)
Managerial career
1973	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1974	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
	CKS Czeladź
1977–1978	TuS Schloß Neuhaus
1980–1982	Polonia Bytom
1982–1983	TuS Schloß Neuhaus
1983–1984	VfB Oldenburg
1991	Polonia Bytom
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Liberda 35 times capped for Poland, scoring 8 goals. He debuted on 20 May 1959 in Hamburg, in a 1–1 tie with West Germany.^[3]

He later managed TuS Schloß Neuhaus.^[4]

He died in February 2020 at the age of 83.^[5]

Honours

Polonia Bytom

• Ekstraklasa: 1954, 1962^[6]

Individual

• Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1959, 1962^[6]