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Grzegorz Lato

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Grzegorz Bolesław Lato (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡʐɛɡɔʐ ˈlatɔ]; born 8 April 1950) is a Polish former professional football player and manager who played as a winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the 1970s and early 80s. Over a decade, he represented Poland at five major tournaments starting with gold at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and ending with a third-place finish at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He reached the peak of his career at the 1974 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer and the only Pole to-date to have won the honour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grzegorz Lato is the 201st most popular soccer player (down from 153rd in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Poland (down from 176th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Soccer Player.

Grzegorz Lato is most famous for being a former Polish footballer who was a member of the Polish national team that won the gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Grzegorz Lato ranks 201 out of 21,273. Before him are Tomohiko Ikoma, Paulino Alcántara, Iker Casillas, Gunnar Gren, Carles Rexach, and Helmut Schön. After him are Bobby Robson, Javier Zanetti, Yoshimatsu Oyama, Helmut Rahn, Akira Kitaguchi, and Hirokazu Ninomiya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Grzegorz Lato ranks 46. Before him are Vesna Vulović, Chris Norman, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Gemser, Morgan Fairchild, and Nouri al-Maliki. After him are Jody Scheckter, William Barr, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, John F. Kelly, Ma Ying-jeou, and Cybill Shepherd.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Grzegorz Lato ranks 204 out of 1,694. Before him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756), Richard Abegg (1869), and Frederick I of Württemberg (1754). After him are Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Hermann Balck (1893), Felix Hausdorff (1868), Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749), Aleksandra Ekster (1882), and Hans Lammers (1879).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Grzegorz Lato ranks 3. Before him are Robert Lewandowski (1988), and Miroslav Klose (1978). After him are Udo Lattek (1935), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), Lukas Podolski (1985), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Włodzimierz Smolarek (1957), and Andrzej Szarmach (1950).

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