Lesław Ćmikiewicz

Lesław Ćmikiewicz
Ćmikiewicz in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-08-25) 25 August 1948 (age 75)
Place of birth Wrocław, Poland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1970 Śląsk Wrocław
1970–1979 Legia Warsaw 225 (14)
1980–1981 New York Arrows (indoor) 6 (1)
1981 Chicago Horizon (indoor) 11 (12)
International career
1970–1979 Poland 57 (0)
Managerial career
1982–1985 Motor Lublin
1985–1986 Stal Rzeszów
1986 Górnik Zabrze
1988 Pogoń Szczecin
1993 Poland
2005–2006 Tur Turek
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1974 West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lesław Ćmikiewicz (born 25 August 1948[1] in Wrocław) is a retired Polish football player and manager. He played for Polish clubs including Śląsk Wrocław and Legia Warsaw.[2] He also played for the New York Arrows and Chicago Horizon in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Ćmikiewicz played for the Poland national team, for which he earned 57 caps.[3] He was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal; at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal and at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal.

As a coach, he coached a few Polish football clubs, including Stal Rzeszów[4] and later most notably and briefly, the Poland national team and Poland national U-21 team. He currently works as an assistant coach at Cracovia.

References

  1. ^ As stated by his birth certificate; he himself claims to have been born more than one year earlier, on 3 May 1947
  2. ^ "Lesław Ćmikiewicz".
  3. ^ "Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  4. ^ "Trenerzy". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

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