| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erwin Feliks Wilczek | ||
| Date of birth | (1940-11-20)20 November 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Antonienhütte,Silesia,Prussia,Germany (nowWirek,Poland) | ||
| Date of death | 30 November 2021(2021-11-30) (aged 81) | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder,forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1950–1954 | Wawel Wirek | ||
| 1954–1958 | Zryw Chorzów | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1972 | Górnik Zabrze | 293 | (96) |
| 1973–1975 | Valenciennes | 70 | (43) |
| Total | 363 | (139) | |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1969 | Poland | 16 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977–1979 | Valenciennes II | ||
| 1979–1982 | Valenciennes | ||
| 1983–1987 | AS Sogara | ||
| 1989–1991 | AS Sogara | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Erwin Feliks Wilczek (20 November 1940 – 30 November 2021) was a Polish professionalfootballer. He started his career as aforward, after some time he was moved to themidfield.[2]
He holds the record for winning the most Polish domestic competitions as a player, with 15 official titles, all while playing forGórnik Zabrze.[3]
Wilczek was born inWirek, a district ofRuda Śląska. He began his career with local team Wawel Wirek. In 1954, he moved to Zryw Chorzów, before joiningGórnik Zabrze in 1959, where he stayed until 1973. He made 293Ekstraklasa appearances for Górnik, and 101 more in other competitions such as thePolish Cup or European cups. He scored a total of 96 league goals for the Silesian club. He won nine Polish top flight titles (1959, 1961, 1963–1967, 1971, 1972), won thePolish Cup six times (1965, 1968–1972), and reached the1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final with Górnik.
Between 1961 and 1969, he was capped 16 times for thePoland national team, scoring two goals.[4] In 1973, Wilczek moved to France, where he played forUS Valenciennes, becoming the top scorer of the French Second Division.
After retiring, he became a scout for Valenciennes, before being appointed manager of their reserve team in 1977, and taking charge of the senior squad two years later. In the 1980s, he worked in Africa, among others for the teamAS Sogara from Gabon.[citation needed]
Górnik Zabrze[3]
Barreaud, Marc (1998).Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris.ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
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