Bogdan Wenta
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| Full name | Bogdan Wenta | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
November 19, 1961 Szpęgawsk, Poland |
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| Nationality |
Polish German |
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| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Central | ||||||||||||||
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| 1978–1989 1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–1998 1998–2000 |
 Wybrzeże Gdańsk Bidasoa Irún FC Barcelona Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Flensburg-Handewitt
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| 1981–1994 1997–2000 |
Poland Germany |
198 (763) 50 (144) |
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| 2000–2006 2004–2012 2006–2007 2008–2014 |
Flensburg-Handewitt II Poland SC Magdeburg Vive Targi Kielce
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Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2015 |
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Bogdan Wenta (born 19 November 1961) is a former Polish handball player, a member of Poland national handball team in 1981–1994 and Germany national handball team in 1997–2000, a participant of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, five-time Polish Champion (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988), former head coach of Poland. One of the best handball player in history of Polish handball.
Since 1984 he has been married to Iwona. They have one son Tomasz (born 13 March 1996). In 2014 Bogdan Wenta was elected to European Parliament.
Wenta's entire career in Poland was connected with one club - Wybrzeże Gdańsk, where he started playing in first team in 1978, when he was 17. He was five-times Polish Champion (1984–1988) and achieved European Cup final twice, losing to RK Metaloplastika Šabac in 1986 and SKA Mińsk in 1987. In 1989 he moved to Spain and played for Bidasoa Irún (1989–1992) and FC Barcelona Handbol (1992–1995). He was first Polish player in FC Barcelona. At last, he emigrated to Germany, and played for TuS Nettelstedt (1995–1998) and SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1998–2000).
Wenta made his debut in Polish national team in 1981, when he was barely 20. He was appointed by Zygfryd Kuchta. It was match with Switzerland. He represented Poland in 185 official games (including friendly matches 198) and scored 763 goals, which is second result in history of Polish handball.
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