50 years of MHSC: when Jacek Ziober entered the legend by becoming the first European goalscorer in the history of the club at La Mosson

Jacek Ziober a marqué les esprits lors de son passage au MHSC de 1990 à 1994 (110 Matches 22 but).

Condensing half a century of history into 84 pages. This is the challenge taken up by the sports editorial team of Midi Libre in this special edition on the 50th anniversary of the MHSC. Available on newsstands on December 11 for just 5 euros, this glossy magazine will allow you to relive the great moments in the history of the Montpellier club through our “50” who made the MHSC. Builders, of course, starting with this “Nicollin Saga”, told by Laurent and Colette, the wife of the late Loulou, but also Georges Frêche, the mayor who became a friend, or the essential Bernard Gasset, co-founder of the club.

This Wednesday: Pocket-sized (1.74 m), mane in the wind, inveterate dribbler, we can no longer count the rides of the intrepid Ziober, crowned with 22 goals in 110 matches. 

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Thirty years after his arrival at the club, the collective imagination retains the same ecstatic memory of Jacek Ziober: a full-top-the-net goal that gave Montpellier victory over PSV Eindhoven in the Cup Winners' Cup (1-0, September 19, 1990), at the foot of a crazy Butte

With a furious kick, the intrepid Jacek entered the club's legend by becoming the first European goalscorer in the history of MHSC at La Mosson. Enough to make Loulou Nicollin exult on the bench, he who had the feeling of being taken for “hams” by his prestigious Dutch opponent. The Pailladins would end their epic in the quarter-finals, eliminated by Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, but for Ziober, an anonymous recruit of MHSC during the off-season, this fanfare entry was worth acclaim and growing fame.

The Bosman ruling did not yet exist and, at the time, it was important not to make a mistake about foreign recruits, limited to three per squad. In an inimitable style that prefigures both the modern left-footed striker and an impeccable mullet, the Polish international (46 caps, 8 goals) did not disappoint. Better still, he has gone down in the club's history as one of the most outstanding strikers.

From a Z that stands for Ziober

Pocket-sized (1.74 m), mane in the wind, inveterate dribbler, we can no longer count his decisive rides, crowned with 22 goals in 110 matches (93 matches, 18 goals in the league). For posterity, he remains the club's top scorer in the European Cup with three goals (excluding the Intertoto Cup).

He also paved the way on his left wing for his successor Laurent Robert, who also had a kick like a mule. In 1994, Jacek Ziober left MHSC for Osasuna. Rarely has a foreign player aroused such unanimity. La Mosson often honored him, standing up to applaud him each time he was replaced. They can thank former coach Henryk Kasperczak, the great architect of his compatriot's arrival. With a Z, which means Ziober.