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Gerard Cieślik

1927 - 2013

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Gerard Cieślik (27 April 1927 – 3 November 2013), also known as Gienek, was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. Playing for the Poland national team, he is most noted for having scored two goals against the Soviet Union on 20 October 1957 at Stadion Śląski. The rather small striker (163 cm, 59 kg) was capped 45 times and scored 27 goals. He also played for Poland at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard Cieślik is the 4,186th most popular soccer player (down from 3,652nd in 2024), the 1,129th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Polish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gerard Cieślik ranks 4,186 out of 21,273. Before him are Rune Carlsson, Robert Siatka, Louis Bach, Thomas Helmer, José Luis Caminero, and Johann Vogel. After him are Javi García, Cristiano Lucarelli, Mohamed Elneny, Giuseppe Favalli, Arne Friedrich, and Gerard Wodarz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Gerard Cieślik ranks 382. Before him are Frank Sedgman, McLean Stevenson, David Dinkins, Dorothy Manley, Heini Walter, and Nancy Dupree. After him are Gábor Benedek, Vince Boryla, Willy De Clercq, Dell Hymes, Peter Mark Richman, and Helmut Zilk. Among people deceased in 2013, Gerard Cieślik ranks 393. Before him are Joseph Paul Franklin, Chico Hamilton, Ebbe Parsner, Ronnie Ray Smith, Chrissy Amphlett, and Nasser El Sonbaty. After him are Eero Kolehmainen, Jacques Grimonpon, Walt Bellamy, Marshall Berman, Nicolae Martinescu, and Bill Hoskyns.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gerard Cieślik ranks 1,129 out of 1,694. Before him are Kazimierz Paździor (1935), Adam Darski (1977), Olga Jackowska (1951), Erich Hecke (1887), Mariusz Pudzianowski (1977), and Kazimierz Kutz (1929). After him are Gerard Wodarz (1913), Łukasz Fabiański (1985), Leopold Skulski (1877), Joachim Marx (1944), Henryk Grossman (1881), and Józef Grudzień (1939).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Gerard Cieślik ranks 33. Before him are Mariusz Lewandowski (1979), Thadée Cisowski (1927), Łukasz Piszczek (1985), Piotr Zieliński (1994), Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945), and Arkadiusz Milik (1994). After him are Gerard Wodarz (1913), Łukasz Fabiański (1985), Joachim Marx (1944), Janusz Kupcewicz (1955), Krzysztof Warzycha (1964), and Adam Nawałka (1957).

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