Eddie Niedzwicki
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrzej Edward Niedzwiecki | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Bangor, Wales | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1983 | Wrexham | 111 | (0) |
| 1983–1988 | Chelsea | 136 | (0) |
| Total | 247 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1987 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991 | Reading (caretaker manager) | ||
| 2012 | Queens Park Rangers (caretaker manager) | ||
| 2018 | Stoke City (caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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Andrzej Edward "Eddie" Niedzwiecki; born 3 May 1959) is a Welsh former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Wrexham and Chelsea. After retiring early due to injury Niedzwiecki became a coach with Chelsea and then Arsenal before working with Mark Hughes with the Wales national team. Since then he has worked with Hughes at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City. In March 2018, he was appointed assistant first-team coach at Southampton.
Starting his playing career with Wrexham at the age of 14, Niedzwiecki won at the side the Third Division title of 1978. He stayed with the club until the summer of 1983, when he was signed for Chelsea by former Wrexham manager, John Neal. He quickly won a regular place in the Chelsea starting line-up and was impressive as the side romped to the Second Division title in his first season. He also earned two caps for Wales during his playing career.
Niedzwiecki was forced to retire aged 28, after battling numerous injuries. He later went on to start up as a coach at Chelsea. As so he eventually left the club in November 2000 after the arrival of new boss Claudio Ranieri. Niedzwiecki then linked up shortly after with Arsenal, succeeding the late George Armstrong as reserve team coach. He also worked as a part-time coach with Wales, under new manager Mark Hughes during this time. In September 2004, he joined Blackburn Rovers, again under Hughes, as a first-team coach. When Hughes left for Manchester City four years later, he was among several at Blackburn who followed him to Manchester.
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