Jan Liberda

{{Short description|Polish footballer (1936–2020)}}

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|name = Jan Liberda

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|fullname = Jan Konrad Liberda

|birth_date = {{birth date|1936|11|26|df=y}}

|birth_place = Beuthen, Germany
(now Bytom, Poland)

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|02|06|1936|11|26|df=y}}

|death_place = Bytom, Poland

|position = Striker

|height =

|youthyears1 = 1949–1950

|youthclubs1 = Budowlani Chorzów

|youthyears2 = 1950–1954

|youthclubs2 = Polonia Bytom

|years1 = 1954–1969

|clubs1 = Polonia Bytom

|caps1 = 301

|goals1 = 145

|years2 = 1969

|clubs2 = A.A.C. Eagles

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|years3 = 1969–1971

|clubs3 = AZ

|caps3 = 42

|goals3 = 1

|years4 = 1971

|clubs4 = Polonia Bytom

|caps4 = 3

|goals4 = 1

|years5 = 1971

|clubs5 = GKS Katowice

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|nationalyears1 =

|nationalteam1 = Poland U18

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|nationalyears2 =

|nationalteam2 = Poland U23

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|nationalyears3 = 1959–1967

|nationalteam3 = Poland

|nationalcaps3 = 35

|nationalgoals3 = 8

|manageryears1 = 1973

|managerclubs1 = Zagłębie Sosnowiec

|manageryears2 = 1974

|managerclubs2 = Zagłębie Sosnowiec

|manageryears3 =

|managerclubs3 = CKS Czeladź

|manageryears4 = 1977–1978

|managerclubs4 = TuS Schloß Neuhaus

|manageryears5 = 1980–1982

|managerclubs5 = Polonia Bytom

|manageryears6 = 1982–1983

|managerclubs6 = TuS Schloß Neuhaus

|manageryears7 = 1983–1984

|managerclubs7 = VfB Oldenburg

|manageryears8 = 1991

|managerclubs8 = Polonia Bytom

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Jan Konrad Liberda (26 November 1936 – 6 February 2020) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. Liberda played mostly for one team, Polonia Bytom,{{Cite web |url=http://www.poloniabytom.com.pl/strona.php?s=5089 |title=Polonia Bytom. Jan Liberda |access-date=2011-05-06 |archive-date=2016-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420015137/http://poloniabytom.com.pl/strona.php?s=5089 |url-status=dead }} where he remained since 1950, until 1969. He ended his career in 1971 at AZ.{{Cite web |title=Jan Liberda |url=http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=39746&typeofpage=84137 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017203830/http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=39746&typeofpage=84137 |archive-date=2012-10-17 |website=Voetbal International}} He twice was the top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, in 1959 with 21 goals, and in 1962 with 16 goals. Also, in 1962, he won championship of Poland. All together, Liberda played in 304 of Polonia's games, scoring 146 goals.

Liberda 35 times capped for Poland, scoring 8 goals. He debuted on 20 May 1959 in Hamburg, in a 1–1 tie with West Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eu-football.info/_player.php?id=12158|title=Jan Liberda, international footballer}}

He later managed TuS Schloß Neuhaus.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/liberda/1983/|title = Liberda}}

He died in February 2020 at the age of 83.{{cite web |title=Jan Liberda nie żyje |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/302/news3021991-Jan-Liberda-nie-zyje.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=pl |date=6 February 2020}}