Robert Siatka

Robert Siatka ( born June 20, 1934 in Le Martinet / Gard ) is a former French football player of Polish descent.

The club career

Robert Siatka came just 19 years old, at the beginning of the season 1953/54, from unterklassigen Alès Olympique at Stade de Reims, which had a few weeks earlier tasted triumph and sorrow alike: winning the second French championship and then the Coupe Latine was the horrible accidental death of the young Francis Méano followed. This situation easier for the novice who had grown up in a mountain village in the southern Cévennes, get used to living in a sporty and atmospheric unfamiliar environment not just so that it was used in his first season in Division 1 only sporadically. 1954, however, the Reims veteran Roger Marche left the club, and coach Batteux certain Siatka his successor on the left back position - and a year later the still young player won his first title.

The following year, things did not go quite as "round" for him: he played only half the season games because he does not regularly was because of his military service available and also to only three vacant seats in Raymond Cicci, Raoul Giraudo and Simon Zimny defense had to argue (the " Reims monument" Robert Jonquet and Penverne were set at coach Batteux ). But in the end it was Siatka which one of these seats landed in the most important game of the season Rémois: due to an injury Ciccis he stood at the very first edition of the European Cup of Champion in the final. Stade de Reims lost on June 13, 1956 while with 3:4 against Real Madrid, but for the 21- year-old it was a highlight of his success to anything but poor career.

Finally prevail at Stade - and then for the next six years - could Robert Siatka, the 1957 was made ​​in Argentina with the French selection military world champion in the season in 1957/58, at the end he national champion, to also cup winner was first re-. This endurance came to him ( the nickname " le cheval [ dt " the horse " ] he was not only because of his running style ) and versatility benefits: usually on the left side at home ( as a defender or external-rotor ), he took over after Penvernes Farewell (1959 ) problems whose right rotor position, replaced from 1960 Jonquet as center half, admitted in 1962 that space to Kaelbel and played back on the right side -. , and completed the task at highly reliable as Reims, however, 1959 was the European Cup final for the second time, prevented a violation of his reuse. For this he won the 1960 and 1962 two more French titles.

1963 left Albert Batteux the Red and Whites after a recent runner-up in Division 1 - and the new coach, Camille Cottin, sat Siatka in only two games a point. At the end of the season 1963/64, rose from Reims in the 2nd league and the man from the Languedoc joined the French " flagship" of the 50s to the 60s: no 12 months later le cheval won with FC Nantes his fifth championship and then ended his successful career.

Stations

  • Olympique Alès (up to 1953)
  • Stade de Reims (1953-1964)
  • FC Nantes (1964 /65)

The National Players

In July 1960 Robert Siatka played his only match for the Equipe Tricolore ( 0-2 against Czechoslovakia in the match for third place at the first European Championship).

Life after time as players

Later Siatka has as Coach for unterklassigen clubs ( Olympique Avignon from 1968 to 1970, FC Bourges from 1970 to 1972 and 1973 /74) worked. It belongs to the association of former Stade Reims and the end of May 2012 at the Stade Auguste- Delaune - along with his former teammates Piantoni, Fontaine, Colonna and Muller - performed as a special guest of the National Association symbolic starting to play an international match of the national team.

Palmarčs

  • French Champion: 1955, 1958, 1960, 1962 ( with Reims ), 1965 ( with Nantes)
  • French Cup Winners: 1958
  • Winner of the Coupe Charles Drago: 1954
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup: Participation 1955/56 (also in the final ), 1958/59, 1960/61 and 1962/63 ( 16 appearances, 2 goals)
  • 259 D1 inserts (17 goals) for Reims, 22 (2 goals ) for Nantes
  • 1 'A' game
  • Military World Champion 1957
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