Antoni Szymanowski

Antoni Jan Szymanowski (born 13 January 1951) is a Polish football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He was a member of the Poland national football team for two FIFA World Cups: 1974 and 1978.[1] 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. His brother Henryk was a footballer as well.

Antoni Szymanowski
Personal information
Full name Antoni Jan Szymanowski
Date of birth (1951-01-13) 13 January 1951
Place of birth Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1963–1968 Wisła Kraków
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 Wisła Kraków 41 (0)
1970–1972 Gwardia Warsaw 24 (0)
1972–1978 Wisła Kraków 160 (1)
1978–1981 Gwardia Warsaw 39 (0)
1981–1984 Club Brugge 51 (0)
Total 315 (1)
International career
1970–1980 Poland 82 (1)
Managerial career
Cracovia
1985–1986 Cracovia
1987 CKS Czeladź
2002–2004 Wisła Kraków II
2005–2008 Przebój Wolbrom
2009 Przebój Wolbrom
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
FIFA World Cup
Third place1974 West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He also competed for Poland at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 197040
197120
197270
1973120
1974120
1975100
197681
197720
1978140
197980
198030
Total821

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Poland

Individual

  • Polish Footballer of the Year: 1975 (Sport editors plebiscite "Golden Shoe")

References

  1. "Antoni Szymanowski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. "Antoni Szymanowski Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
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