Andrzej Woźniak

Andrzej Woźniak (born 23 October 1965 in Konin) is a Polish goalkeeping coach and retired professional football goalkeeper that played most often for ŁKS Łódź and Widzew Łódź, and also had a short spell in the Portuguese top flight. Known as one of the best goalkeepers in his country he made 20 appearances for the Poland national football team.[1]

Andrzej Woźniak
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-10-23) October 23, 1965
Place of birth Konin, Poland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Górnik Konin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1983 Górnik Konin
1984–1988 Widzew Łódź 0 (0)
1986–1987 → Orzeł Łódź (loan)
1988–1989 GKS Bełchatów 39 (0)
1989–1994 ŁKS Łódź 155 (0)
1994–1996 Widzew Łódź 65 (0)
1996–1997 FC Porto 7 (0)
1997–1998 Sporting de Braga 15 (0)
1998–1999 Lech Poznań 13 (0)
1999–2002 Widzew Łódź 8 (0)
National team
1994–1997 Poland 20 (0)
Teams managed
2000–2002 Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2002–2005 Korona Kielce (assistant manager)
2005–2006 Pogoń Szczecin (assistant manager)
2006–2008 Lech Poznań (goalkeeping coach)
2008–2010 Pogoń Szczecin (goalkeeping coach)
2011–2014 Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2013–2014 Widzew Łódź (assistant manager)
2014 Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2015 Dolcan Ząbki (goalkeeping coach)
2015–2018 Lechia Gdańsk (goalkeeping coach)
2018 Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2021 Poland (goalkeeping coach)
2021- Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2021

Club career

Starting at his hometown team of Górnik Konin, Woźniak spent much of his playing career in Łódź; first at ŁKS[2] and then at Widzew,[3] enjoying three separate spells at the club. It was with Widzew that Woźniak enjoyed his greatest success by winning the Polish Championship. Not only did he have the joint best record in terms of goals conceded, the team remained undefeated throughout the successful campaign. It was an incredible achievement and it was not long before some of the bigger teams around Europe came knocking at the door.

In 1996 Woźniak moved to Portuguese giants FC Porto but appearances were limited at the club.[2] He had a loan spell at SC Braga but soon returned to Poland, first with Lech Poznań and then with Widzew Łódź once more.[2]

National Team

Woźniak represented Poland 20 times at the international level.[4] His moment of glory in a Poland shirt came in the 1996 European Championship qualifying match in Paris against France. With the score at 1-1, France won a penalty but Woźniak was equal to the task, saving from Bixente Lizarazu and keeping out the rebound from Vincent Guerin.

Coaching career

Woźniak between 2018 and 2020 was employed by the Polish national team as a goalkeeping coach.[5] Prior to this appointment he worked in the same role for several Polish clubs with Widzew Łódź, Korona Kielce, Pogoń Szczecin, Lech Poznań, Dolcan Ząbki and Lechia Gdańsk among them.[2] Woźniak also worked as an assistant manager at some of the teams highlighted above including Widzew, Korona and Pogoń before choosing to focus more on goalkeeping coaching. In February 2021 he was appointed goalkeeper coach at Widzew once more.[6][2]

References
  1. "Andrzej Woźniak". PZPN. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  2. https://gol24.pl/widzew-andrzej-wozniak-nowym-trenerem-bramkarzy-czterokrotnego-mistrza-polski/ar/c2-15419439
  3. "Andrzej Woźniak". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. "Andrzej Woźniak Profile". Bonuscodes. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  5. "Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej". www.pzpn.pl. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  6. http://www.90minut.pl/news/309/news3096873-Andrzej-Wozniak-trenerem-bramkarzy-Widzewa.html


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