Michael Polywka

Michael Polywka (6 January 1944 – 12 January 2009) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Michael Polywka
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-01-06)6 January 1944
Place of birth Gleiwitz, Germany
Date of death 12 January 2009(2009-01-12) (aged 65)
Place of death Vienna, Austria
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
BSG Motor Raguhn
BSG Chemie Wolfen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 Carl Zeiss Jena 27 (3)
1966–1971 Eintracht Braunschweig 91 (9)
1971–1972 Hannover 96 8 (0)
1972–1976 FC Admira/Wacker Vienna 69 (7)
Total 195 (19)
International career
East Germany U18
East Germany U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Polywka started his senior career at SC Motor Jena (renamed into FC Carl Zeiss Jena in 1966) in East Germany. He defected from his team after an away game in the 1966–67 Intertoto Cup against AIK in Sweden to join West German Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig.[2]

Following a one-year suspension by FIFA, Polywka made his debut in the Bundesliga on 19 August 1967, in a game against 1860 Munich.[3] In total, he played five seasons in the Bundesliga for Braunschweig and Hannover 96.[4] In 1972, he joined Austrian club FC Admira/Wacker Vienna.

References
  1. "Michael Polywka" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. "Von Polywka bis Kruse: Fluchtpunkt Bundesliga" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. "1860 München 1:0 Eintracht Braunschweig" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. "Ins Abseits" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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