Erwin Wilczek

Polish footballer and manager (1940–2021)

Erwin Wilczek
Personal information
Full name Erwin Feliks Wilczek
Date of birth (1940-11-20)20 November 1940
Place of birth Antonienhütte, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (now Wirek, Poland)
Date of death 30 November 2021(2021-11-30) (aged 81)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Youth career
1950–1954 Wawel Wirek
1954–1958 Zryw Chorzów
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1972 Górnik Zabrze 293 (96)
1973–1975 Valenciennes 70 (43)
Total 363 (139)
International career
1961–1969 Poland 16 (2)
Managerial career
1977–1979 Valenciennes II
1979–1982 Valenciennes
1983–1987 AS Sogara
1989–1991 AS Sogara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erwin Feliks Wilczek (20 November 1940 – 30 November 2021) was a Polish professional footballer. He started his career as a forward, after some time he was moved to the midfield.[2]

He holds the record for winning the most Polish domestic competitions as a player, with 15 official titles, all while playing for Górnik Zabrze.[3]

Career

Wilczek was born in Wirek, a district of Ruda Śląska. He began his career with local team Wawel Wirek. In 1954, he moved to Zryw Chorzów, before joining Górnik Zabrze in 1959, where he stayed until 1973. He made 293 Ekstraklasa appearances for Górnik, and 101 more in other competitions such as the Polish Cup or European cups. He scored a total of 96 league goals for the Silesian club. He won nine Polish top flight titles (1959, 1961, 1963–1967, 1971, 1972), won the Polish Cup six times (1965, 1968–1972), and reached the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final with Górnik.

Between 1961 and 1969, he was capped 16 times for the Poland national team, scoring two goals.[4] In 1973, Wilczek moved to France, where he played for US Valenciennes, becoming the top scorer of the French Second Division.

After retiring, he became a scout for Valenciennes, before being appointed manager of their reserve team in 1977, and taking charge of the senior squad two years later. In the 1980s, he worked in Africa, among others for the team AS Sogara from Gabon.[5]

Honours

Górnik Zabrze[3]

References

  1. ^ "Erwin Wilczek". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ Nie żyje Erwin Wilczek, piłkarz złotej ery Górnika Zabrze. Miał 81 lat (in Polish)
  3. ^ a b "Erwin Wilczek nie żyje. Rekordzista w liczbie piłkarskich trofeów w polskim futbolu miał 81 lat". sport.pl (in Polish). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Kadra.pl". Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
  5. ^ Footballdatabase

Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

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