Witold Szyguła

Witold Szyguła
Personal information
Full name Witold Henryk Szyguła
Date of birth (1940-11-22)22 November 1940
Place of birth Chorzów, Poland
Date of death 4 September 2003(2003-09-04) (aged 62)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1971 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 187 (0)
1971–1972 Hamilton Academical 27 (0)
1972–1974 ROW Rybnik 51 (0)
Total 265 (0)
International career
1963–1970 Poland 3 (0)
Managerial career
1977 Resovia Rzeszów
AKS Chorzów
MCKS Czeladź
ŁTS Łabędy
1982–1983 Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski
Górnik Libiąż
Szombierki Bytom
1992 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Witold Henryk Szyguła (22 November 1940 – 4 September 2003) was a Polish footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper.

He signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical in June 1971, alongside fellow Polish internationals Alfred Olek and Roman Strzałkowski. They were "the first players from behind the Iron Curtain […] to play in Britain." The deal was orchestrated by Hamilton's chairman Jan Stepek, who was himself Polish, in return for electronic goods being sent to Poland. Szyguła also played in Poland for Zagłębie.