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Jan Banaś
Personal information
Full name Heinz-Dieter Banas
Date of birth (1943-03-29) 29 March 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1956–1958 AKS Mikołów
1958–1959 WKKF Katowice
1959–1962 Zryw Chorzów
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1969 Polonia Bytom 145 (50)
1969–1975 Górnik Zabrze 124 (35)
1975 Wisła Chicago
1975–1976 Polonia Chicago
1976 AAC Eagles
1976 Atlético Español 9 (0)
International career
1964–1973 Poland 31 (7)
Managerial career
ES Saintes (player-manager)
CA de Mantes-la-Ville (player-manager)
Szombierki Bytom
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Banaś (born Hans Dieter Banas; 29 March 1943), nicknamed Bubi, is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He began his career as a youngster playing for AKS Mikołów (1956–59) before moving to Zryw Chorzów in 1959-62, Polonia Bytom (1962–69) and Górnik Zabrze (1969–75). Between his first call-up for Poland in 1964 and his last in 1973, he earned 31 caps, scoring seven goals[1] (or eight, if the controversial goal in the 1973 win over England is credited to him). Aged 32, he was allowed to move to the United States, and then played in a string of countries including Mexico (with Atlético Español), Belgium, and France well after his fortieth birthday.

Recently he has been coaching low-level Silesian clubs, including Szombierki Bytom.

In 1966, together with Jan Liberda and Norbert Pogrzeba, Banaś decided to illegally migrate to Western Europe; they all escaped before Polonia's match IFK Norrköping. He was unable to achieve much success even in the German Oberliga, and half a year later he returned and was pardoned by the Polish Football Association. After return, he changed his name to the Polish form, and took the name Jan in March 1967.[2]

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland
1964 4 1
1965 5 0
1966 5 0
1970 3 2
1971 4 2
1972 2 2
1973 8 0
Total 31 7

Honours

Górnik Zabrze[2]

References

  1. ^ "Jan Banas record at EU-football.info". eu-football.info. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jan Banaś". laczynaspilka.pl (in Polish). 29 March 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Jan Banas Polish national team record at EU-football.info". eu-football.info.