Aleksander Cybulski

Aleksander Cybulski (born 30 July 1962) is a former professional footballer who still plays football in the lower divisions of Poland nearly 40 years after his debut, and is currently playing with the GKS Kowale II team. Other than short spells in Sweden and Belgium his entire playing career has been with clubs in the Pomeranian region of Poland. He has played for 10 different Pomeranian football teams making over 100 appearances for Bałtyk Gdynia and over 200 appearances for Lechia Gdańsk during his career. Despite still playing he has held coaching roles in recent years with clubs in the lower Polish leagues, most recently being the head coach of Sztorm Mosty.

Aleksander Cybulski
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Cybulski
Date of birth (1962-07-30) 30 July 1962
Place of birth Gdynia, Poland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
–1980 Bałtyk Gdynia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Bałtyk Gdynia 39 (2)
1982–1983 Polonia Gdańsk
1983–1990 Lechia Gdańsk 176 (9)
1990–1992 Hudiksvalls FF
1992–1993 Lechia Gdańsk 18 (0)
1993–1994 CS Jemappes
1994–1995 Pomezania Malbork 27 (1)
1995–1997 Bałtyk Gdynia 52 (3)
1998 Wierzyca Starogard Gdański
1998–2000 Bałtyk Gdynia 51 (4)
2000–2005 Cartusia Kartuzy
2005–2009 Orzeł Trąbki Wielkie
2009–2012 KS Chwaszczyno 8 (0)
2013–2018 Spójnia Sadlinki 83 (10)
2019– GKS Kowale II 10 (1)
Teams managed
2009–2015 KS Chwaszczyno
2015–2016 Cartusia Kartuzy
2017–2019 Sztorm Mosty
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Playing career

Cybulski started his career with in the youth levels of his local team Bałtyk Gdynia, making his debut against Lechia Gdańsk on 24 March 1980. In his first season with Bałtyk he played 5 times as the team won promotion to the I liga.[1] In his first spell with Bałtyk he made 39 appearances scoring two goals.[2] Cybulski then spent a season with Polonia Gdańsk before joining Lechia Gdańsk the season after. His debut for Lechia came in the Polish SuperCup which the team won by beating Lech Poznań 1-0.[3][4] That season Cybulski also made 26 appearances scoring two goals as Lechia won the II liga,[5] and played in Lechia's first ever European game in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against Juventus.[6] The next four seasons Lechia played in the top division of Poland, with Cybulski making a total of 97 appearances in the I liga. Lechia were relegated at the end of the 1987–88 season to the II liga, with Cybulski leaving the club two seasons later. In his first spell with Lechia he played a total 176 league appearances for Lechia contributing 9 goals for the team. He then spent two seasons in Sweden with Hudiksvalls FF returning to Lechia Gdańsk for a season in 1992 making a further 18 league appearances. In total for Lechia Gdańsk Cybulski made 211 appearances and scored 9 goals.[7] He then had a season in Belgium with CS Jemappes, returning to Poland the season after joining Pomezania Malbork.[8] He played with Pomezania in the 1994–95 season with the club finishing 9th in the II liga, the clubs highest ever league finish. After that historic season for Pomezania he returned to Bałtyk Gdynia, making a further 103 appearances over the next 5 seasons with Bałtyk, with a short 6-month spell at Wierzyca Starogard Gdański in the middle of that 5 season spell. In total at Bałtyk Gdynia he made 142 league appearances scoring 9 times for the club.[9] Cybulski spent the next five seasons with Cartusia Kartuzy in the fourth tier, helping the club to win promotion to the III liga in his final season. He then spent time with Orzeł Trąbki Wielkie, KS Chwaszczyno,[10] Spójnia Sadlinki,[11][12][13][14][15] and GKS Kowale.[16]

Coaching career

From 2009 until 2015 Cybulski was the head coach of KS Chwaszczyno taking the club from the sixth tier to the fourth tier.[17] For the 2015-16 season he was in charge of Cartusia Kartuzy, being dismissed from his contract at the end of the season.[18] In 2017 he became the manager of Sztorm Mosty.[19]

Honours

Bałtyk Gdynia

  • II liga: 1979–80

Lechia Gdańsk

  • Polish SuperCup: 1983
  • II liga: 1983–84

References

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