Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dariusz Wdowczyk | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Warsaw, Poland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1983 | Gwardia Warszawa | ||
1983–1989 | Legia Warsaw | 206 | (17) |
1989–1994 | Celtic | 116 | (4) |
1994–1998 | Reading | 82 | (0) |
1998 | Polonia Warsaw | 5 | (0) |
National team | |||
1984–1992 | Poland | 53 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
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 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Dariusz Wdowczyk (born 25 September 1962) is a Polish football player and coach, who is presently the manager of Piast Gliwice. He played for Gwardia Warszawa, Legia Warsaw, Celtic, Reading, and Polonia Warsaw. He has subsequently carved out a career in football management. In the 2005/06 season he led Legia Warsaw to the league title.
On 13 April 2007 he was replaced as manager of Legia Warsaw by Jacek Zieliński, following a run of bad results.
He joined Livingston as Director of Football on 28 June 2007, to assist new manager Mark 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 of Polonia Warsaw.