Dariusz Wdowczyk
Dariusz Wdowczyk ( born September 25, 1962 in Warsaw, Poland ) is a former Polish footballer and current football coach.
Club career
His debut in the Polish Ekstraklasa was Wdowczyk in 1981 at his hometown club Gwardia Warszawa. In Gwardia he played two years in the top Polish league, before moving to local rivals Legia Warsaw in 1983. In Legia he became the absolute top performers and top players. After seven successful seasons at Legia Dariusz Wdowczyk 1990 moved to Scotland to Glasgow Celtic. Also at Celtic Wdowczyk quickly became a regular player and spent five seasons with the Scots. In 1994 he moved to Reading FC in the second English league. At Reading, he went to 82 league games in four seasons. In 1998 he returned to Poland and played the first round in 1998/99 for Polonia Warsaw, before he ended his professional career in the same year.
National
For the Polish national football team, he completed 53 games and made his debut on September 12, 1984 in Helsinki against Finland (2-0). His last international game he played on 9 May 1992 in Salzburg against Austria ( 4:2 ).
Successes as a player
- 2 x Polish Cup winner (1989, 1990)
- 1 x Polish Supercup winner (1990 )
- 2 x U18 Vice - European Champion (1980, 1981)
Coaching career
Dariusz Wdowczyk coached from 1998 to 2000 the capital club Polonia Warsaw. With Polonia 2000 he won the Polish Championship, the Polish League Cup and Polish Supercup. After a poor first half of the season 2000/2001 Wdowczyk was made redundant. From 2000 to 2001 he coached the Polish first division club Orlen Plock. Then from 2001 to 2002 the Polish history, the club Widzew Łódź. After his release in July 2002 at Widzew Wdowczyk took over the then third division club Korona Kielce. Here he worked from 2002 to 2004 and managed to climb from the third division to the 2nd league and then in the Ekstraklasa (although he moved to Legia Warsaw shortly after the end of the first round in 2004/2005 ). From 2005 to 2007 he coached the Polish top club Legia Warsaw. With Legia he won the 2006 Polish Championship. After Legia Warsaw has missed a place in the UEFA Champions League, was eliminated in the UEFA Cup and in the Polish Cup, Wdowczyk was released in April 2007. Then he was from July 2007 to end of October 2007 sports director at Scottish club Livingston FC, prior to signing the end of 2007 at the then second division club Polonia Warsaw. On 28 March 2008 he was arrested by the CBA ( the Polish anti-corruption bureau ). He was accused during his time to have repeatedly bribed referees and officials at Korona Kielce. He was then dismissed at Polonia Warsaw. Since then, he coached the Polish fourth division Góra Kalwaria corona. This office he held until March 2009. Late March 2013 he took over the coaching job at the Polish first division Pogoń Szczecin.
Success as a coach
- 2 x Polish Champion (2000, 2006)
- 1 x Polish League Cup winner (2000)
- 1 x Polish Supercup winner (2000)