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Full name | Antoni Jan Szymanowski | |||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 13 January 1951 | |||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Right-Back | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
1967–1970 | Wisła Kraków | 41 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
1970–1972 | Gwardia Warszawa | 24 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
1972–1978 | Wisła Kraków | 160 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
1978–1981 | Gwardia Warszawa | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
1981–1984 | Club Brugge | 51 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||
1970–1980 | Poland | 82 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Cracovia | |||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Antoni Szymanowski (born 13 January 1951 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki) was a Polish footballer (defender), and a member of the Poland national football team in two FIFA World Cups: 1974 and 1978. During those tournaments his club was Wisła Kraków. Szymanowski was one of the best defenders in Poland during the golden era of Polish football. In the later years of his career he played for the Belgian team Club Brugge K.V.. Currently he is a manager of Przebój Wolbrom - the club playing in Polish IV Liga . He has also a brother (Henryk Szymanowski) who was a footballer as well.
He also competed for Poland at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.