Bogdan Adamczyk

Bogdan Adamczyk (born 27 November 1935) is a former Polish footballer. Adamczyk spent the majority of his career playing for Lechia Gdańsk, with the exceptions of playing two seasons with Zawisza Bydgoszcz, and two years in Australia playing for Polonia Sydney.

Bogdan Adamczyk
Personal information
Full name Bogdan Adamczyk
Date of birth (1935-10-27) 27 October 1935 [1]
Place of birth Radom, Poland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1947–54 Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–56 Lechia Gdańsk 26 (2)
1956–57 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1957–65 Lechia Gdańsk 178 (72)
1965–67 Polonia Sydney
Total 204 (74)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Senior career

In 1954 Adamczyk made his Lechia debut against Górnik Zabrze, in the first game of the season. [2] In his second professional season Adamczyk was playing in the top flight with Lechia, and was playing regularly for the team. He scored his first Ekstraklasa goal against Wisła Kraków, his third game of playing in the highest division. From 1956-57 Adamczyk was called up for his military service, and as a result spent those two years playing for Zawisza Bydgoszcz,[3] a team which started as a military sponsored sports club.

In 1958 Adamczyk returned to Lechia and found himself back in the starting team. In his first year back he scored a total of 11 goals making him the clubs top scorer, and was his highest tally in the top division in a single season. [4] In 1962 Adamczyk played his 100th game in the Ekstraklasa, an occasion with which he scored a goal for Lechia. [3]

Adamczyk's goals were not enough to keep Lechia in the top division, and within a few years Lechia found themselves playing in the third tier. [2] It was at this time Adamczyk decided to leave Lechia, with whom he had played 117 games and scoring 36 goals in the Ekstraklasa for Lechia. Adamczyk was Lechia's highest goalscorer in the Ekstraklasa until Flávio Paixão broke his record in 2018.[5]

In 1965 Adamczyk moved to Sydney, Australia, to play for Polonia Sydney.[6] A team that started in Sydney from Polish immigrants. Adamczyk finally retired from football in 1967 having played in Australia for 2 years.

Awards

References
  1. "Ludzie Lechii: Bogdan Adamczyk". lechia.gda.pl.
  2. "Bogdan Adamczyk".
  3. "Artykuł: Król strzelców "Murarzy"". lechia.gda.pl.
  4. "Informacje o zawodniku: Bogdan Adamczyk - 1962/63 PP". lechia.net.
  5. "Najlepsi strzelcy w Lechii Gdańsk w ekstraklasie LechiaHistoria.pl - Lechia Gdańsk". 10 November 2018.
  6. admin (27 October 2016). "Bogdan Adamczyk opowiada nie tylko o piłce".
  7. "Odznaczenia państwowe dla zasłużonych piłkarzy Lechii Gdańsk / Ordery i odznaczenia / Aktualności / Archiwum Bronisława Komorowskiego / Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". www.prezydent.pl.


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