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| Full name | Dariusz Wdowczyk[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1962-09-25)25 September 1962 (age 63) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Warsaw, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | 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
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Dariusz Wdowczyk (born 25 September 1962) is a Polish former professionalfootball manager andplayer.[2] He played forGwardia Warsaw,Legia Warsaw,Celtic,Reading, andPolonia Warsaw. He has subsequently carved out a career in football management.
On 13 April 2007, he was replaced asmanager of Legia Warsaw byJacek Zieliński, following a run of bad results.[3]
He joinedLivingston as their newsporting director on 28 June 2007, to assist new managerMark 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 ofPolonia Warsaw.[4]
In 2008, he was convicted for his involvement in the 2003–2005 match-fixing scandal, and received a seven-year ban from thePolish Football Association Disciplinary Committee, which was later reduced to four years.[5]
After leavingPiast Gliwice in 2017, Wdowczyk joinedPolsat Sport's coverage team as apundit, and has since stated he had no intention of returning to coaching.[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Poland | 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1989 | 13 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 2 | |
Legia Warsaw[7]
Poland U18
Polonia Warsaw[5]
Korona Kielce
Legia Warsaw
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