Dariusz Wdowczyk

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Dariusz Wdowczyk
Personal information
Full name Dariusz Wdowczyk[1]
Date of birth (1962-09-25) 25 September 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1983 Gwardia Warsaw 71 (1)
1983–1989 Legia Warsaw 206 (17)
1989–1994 Celtic 116 (4)
1994–1998 Reading 82 (0)
1998 Polonia Warsaw 5 (0)
International career
Poland U18
1984–1992 Poland 53 (2)
Managerial career
1998–2000 Polonia Warsaw
2000–2001 Wisła Płock
2001–2002 Widzew Łódź
2002–2004 Korona Kielce
2005–2007 Legia Warsaw
2007–2008 Polonia Warsaw
2013–2014 Pogoń Szczecin
2016 Wisła Kraków
2017 Piast Gliwice
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
UEFA Euro Under-18
Runner-up 1980 East Germany
Runner-up 1981 West Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dariusz Wdowczyk (born 25 September 1962) is a Polish former professional football manager and player.[2] He played for Gwardia Warsaw, Legia Warsaw, Celtic, Reading, and Polonia Warsaw. He has subsequently carved out a career in football management.

On 13 April 2007, he was replaced as manager of Legia Warsaw by Jacek Zieliński, following a run of bad results.[3]

He joined Livingston as their new sporting director on 28 June 2007, to assist new manager Mark Proctor, his main objective was to investigate the foreign market, in particular the Eastern European market. It was announced on 30 October 2007 that Wdowczyk was to leave Livingston to embark on a second spell as manager of Polonia Warsaw.[4]

In 2008, he was convicted for his involvement in the 2003–2005 match-fixing scandal, and received a seven-year ban from the Polish Football Association Disciplinary Committee, which was lated reduced to four years.[5]

After leaving Piast Gliwice in 2017, Wdowczyk joined Polsat Sport's coverage team as a pundit, and has since stated he had no intention of returning to coaching.[6]

Honours

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Player

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Legia Warsaw[7]

Poland U18

Manager

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Polonia Warsaw[5]

Korona Kielce

Legia Warsaw

References

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  1. ^ "Dariusz Wdowczyk". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Waldemar Fornalik trenerem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Trener Wdowczyk odchodzi z Legii". legia.com (in Polish). 13 April 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
  4. ^ "Wdowczyk leaves Livi for Poland". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Dariusz Wdowczyk - talent polskiej piłki nożnej i kontrowersyjna postać na ławce trenerskiej [SYLWETKA]". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 20 October 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. ^ Smyk, Damian (29 September 2021). "PRASA. Wdowczyk: Nie wrócę już do trenowania. Odmawiam bardzo świadomie". weszlo.com (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Dariusz Wdowczyk". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  8. ^ "III liga 2003/2004, grupa: 4 (Świętokrzyskie, Lubelskie, Małopolska, Podkarpacie)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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