Ewald Cebula
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Cebula | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Świętochłowice, German Empire | ||
| Date of death | 1 February 2004 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Chorzów, Poland | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1939 | Śląsk Świętochłowice | ||
| 1939–1941 | TuS Schwientochlowitz | ||
| 1944–1945 | Ancona | ||
| 1946–1947 | Śląsk Świętochłowice | ||
| 1948–1952 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| International career | |||
| 1939–1952 | Poland | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1952–1954 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| 1959 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| 1960 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| 1962–1963 | Górnik Zabrze | ||
| 1963 | Górnik Zabrze | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Edward Cebula (also known as Ewald; 22 March 1917 – 1 February 2004) was a Polish football player and manager. He played in five matches for the Poland national team as well as one match representing Poland at the Olympic Games.[1][2]
He started in Śląsk Świętochłowice[3] and his debut in the Poland national team occurred on 4 June 1939 in Warsaw, versus Switzerland (1-1). Then, Cebula played in the last, unforgettable game of interwar Poland - (Warsaw, 27 August 1939, Poland - Hungary 4–2).
His career was put on hold in 1939 following the outbreak of World War II. After the war, Cebula returned to Polish Team, appearing in the 1952 Summer Olympics. The best time in his career was in Ruch Chorzów where he played from 1948. He won Polish championship as a player in 1951, the playing trainer in 1952, and as a trainer in 1953, he had also managed Ruch for a while during the season 1960 when they won championship. He is member of the small group of players who played in national team before and after World War II. He won several more trophies before retirement from football in 1964, winning a title with Górnik Zabrze the previous year.
Following this, he joined forces with Feliks Karolak and became one of the top trainers in Poland.
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Ruch Chorzów[4]
- Polish Football Championship: 1951
- Polish Cup: 1950–51
Manager
[edit]Ruch Chorzów
Górnik Zabrze
References
[edit]- ^ "Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Ewald Cebula". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Ewald Cebula".
- ^ a b c "Piłkarze wyklęci - Ewald (Edward) Cebula". slzpn.pl (in Polish). 28 June 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
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- 1917 births
- 2004 deaths
- Sportspeople from Świętochłowice
- Sportspeople from the Province of Silesia
- Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship
- Men's association football defenders
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- Śląsk Świętochłowice players
- Ruch Chorzów players
- SSC Ancona ASD players
- Ekstraklasa players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Poland
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Polish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- German military personnel of World War II
- Polish military personnel of World War II
- Polish football managers
- Górnik Zabrze managers
- Ruch Chorzów managers
- Zagłębie Sosnowiec managers
- Ekstraklasa managers
- Men's association football player-managers
- 20th-century Polish sportsmen