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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mirosław Marian Okoński | ||
| Date of birth | (1958-12-08)8 December 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Koszalin,Poland | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1977 | Gwardia Koszalin | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Lech Poznań | 68 | (16) |
| 1980–1981 | Legia Warsaw | 52 | (15) |
| 1982–1986 | Lech Poznań | 129 | (53) |
| 1986–1988 | Hamburger SV | 62 | (15) |
| 1988–1991 | AEK Athens | 77 | (22) |
| 1991–1992 | Korinthos | 18 | (4) |
| 1992 | Lech Poznań | 3 | (0) |
| 1993 | Olimpia Poznań | 9 | (0) |
| 1993 | SC Concordia von 1907 | ||
| 1994 | FTSV Raspo Elmshorn | ||
| 1994–1995 | Astra Krotoszyn | ||
| 1995–1996 | Lipno Stęszew | ||
| 1996–1997 | Gwardia Koszalin | ||
| Total | 418 | (125) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1987 | Poland | 29 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mirosław Okoński (born 8 December 1958 inKoszalin) is a Polish former professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder.
Okoński started his football career in 1969, in the second division of the Polish league with the team of his hometown, Gwardia Koszalin, which he played to until 1977. He then moved to the first division andLech Poznań. In 1980 he was transferred toLegia Warsaw with which he won thePolish Cup in 1980 and 1981, while from 1982 to 1986 he returned to Lech Poznań. During his career in Poland he was the top scorer once, in 1983, and twice the runner-up in the league. In 1983 and 1984 he won back-to-backchampionships with Lech Poznan. In 1982 and 1984 he also won the Polish Cup. In 1986, he was transferred for aroundDM 700,000 to German side,Hamburger SV.[1] He played there for the next two years and won theDFB-Pokal in 1987[2] and in the same year they finished second in the league. They played in the1987 DFB-Supercup losing 2–1 fromBayern Munich with Okoński scoring the only goal for his club.[3] During his stay there, he was named Best Foreign Player in Bundesliga.
It was the summer of 1988, he moved to theGreek league to play forAEK Athens in a transfer of 220 million drachmas.[4]Anderlecht,Paris Saint-Germain,Monaco andOlympiacos were also very interested in the footballer, with the latter ending up withLajos Détári instead.[5] In his first season at the club, he won the league being the team's top scorer and essentially their leader. He scored with a direct free kick againstPanathinaikos and gave his team the victory in the away derby.[6] On 7 May 1989 in an away match against Olympiacos at theOlympic Stadium, he combined 2 times withKaragiozopoulos, assisting him in one of the goal that gave AEK their first championship in 10 years.[7] The following season was also very good winning theGreek Super Cup on penalties against Panathinaikos.[8] On the contrary in his last season at AEK, affected both by the bad state of the club and by the rupture of his relations with the then coachDušan Bajević, he did not performed as expected and left before the end of the season.[9]
In 1991 he was transferred toKorinthos, who had just been promoted to the first division and played for six months, before he leaves the team and thecountry, at 33 years old. In 1992, at the end of his career, he returned to his homeland playing a few games initially with Lech Poznan, later champions, and ending the season with Olimpia Poznań. The following year he returned to Germany and played with SC Concordia von 1907, while in 1994 with FTSV Raspo Elmshorn in the5th division of the German Championship. He returned to his country in 1995 and joined Lipno Stęszew and a year later his first teamGwardia Koszalin. In the last years of his career and post-retirement he has faced problems related to alcohol and gambling abuse.[10]
From 1977 to 1987, Okoński played 29 times and scored 2 goals for thePoland national team, without participating in any major international tournament.[11]
He currently lives in Poland and has occasionally worked as a player manager and as a newspaper columnist.[10]
Legia Warsaw
Hamburger SV
AEK Athens
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