Jan Liberda

Jan Liberda
Personal information
Full name	Jan Konrad Liberda
Date of birth	November 26, 1936
Place of birth	Beuthen, Germany; (now Bytom, Poland)
Date of death	February 6, 2020 (aged 83)
Place of death	Bytom
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1950–1954	Polonia Bytom
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954–1969	Polonia Bytom
1969–1971	AZ
1971	Polonia Bytom
1971	GKS Katowice
National team
1959–1967	Poland
Teams managed
1980–1982	Polonia Bytom
1982–1983	TuS Schloß Neuhaus
1991–1992	Polonia Bytom
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jan Konrad Liberda (26 November 1936 – 6 February 2020) was a Polish football 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 topscorer 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.

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

He later managed TuS Schloß Neuhaus.^[4]

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