Romuald Szukiełowicz

Romuald Szukiełowicz (born 3 September 1943) is a retired Polish football manager. From 1994-2001 he was a member of the Board of Coaches for the PZPN.

Romuald Szukiełowicz
Szukiełowicz in 1990.
Personal information
Full name Romuald Szukiełowicz
Date of birth (1949-02-10) 10 February 1949
Place of birth Wrocław, Poland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Śląsk Wrocław
Odra Wrocław
Lightning Chicago
Ajax Chicago
Teams managed
Lightning Chicago
Odra Wrocław
Śląsk Wrocław II
Piast Iłowa
1987–88 MKS Oława
1988–91 Śląsk Wrocław
1991 MKS Oława
1992–93 Pogoń Szczecin
1994 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1995–96 Śląsk Wrocław
1996–97 Pogoń Szczecin
1997–98 Hutnik Nowa Huta
1999 Stomil Olsztyn
2000 Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk
2001 KS Polkowice
2002 Odra Opole
2004 Górnik Konin
2004 Bystrzyca Kąty Wrocławskie
2005–06 Polonia New York
2007 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2011–12 Czarni Żagań
2015 Flota Świnoujście
2015 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2015 Foto-Higiena Gać
2015–16 Śląsk Wrocław
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football

Szukiełowicz started his career at Śląsk Wrocław, and progressed from the youth team into the senior team. After his time at Śląsk he joined Odra Wrocław. Between 1979-83 he spent his time in Chicago, USA, playing for Lightning Chicago and Ajax Chicago.[1]

After his playing career Szukiełowicz moved into management, firstly in the US with Lightning Chicago, before moving back to Poland joining Odra Wrocław firstly, then Śląsk Wrocław managing their second team. After short spells with Piast Iłowa and MKS Oława, he rejoined Śląsk Wrocław, ths time managing the first team.[2] After three seasons with Śląsk in the Ekstraklasa, Szukiełowicz left to join MKS Oława for the second time, and then Pogoń Szczecin in 1992.[3]

Szukiełowicz was only with Pogoń for one season. After which he with Zawisza Bydgoszcz, before spending seasons with Śląsk Wrocław in 1995-96, Pogoń Szczecin 1996-97, Hutnik Nowa Huta 1997-98. After Hutnik, he had a string of jobs where he didn't spend longer than a year with the teams. In 2000 he was manager of Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk,[4] a team which was created as a merger of Lechia Gdańsk and Polonia Gdańsk. Szukiełowicz was the last permanent manager of the team, before it fully disbanded in 2002, with Lechia and Polonia both having to start from the lowest divisions of Polish football after the separation.

After short spells with KS Polkowice, Odra Opole, Górnik Konin, and Bystrzyca Kąty Wrocławskie, he moved back to the US to manage Polonia New York from 2005-06, and then Zagłębie Sosnowiec for 2007.[5] After being in the job for only a few months, Szukiełowicz was then without a role in management until 2011, with Czarni Żagań,[6] who he was with until 2012.

After another few years without a managerial job, Szukiełowicz returned in 2015, a year in which he worked with four teams. Firstly with Flota Świnoujście,[7] Zagłębie Sosnowiec,[8] Foto-Higiena Gać,[9] before joining Śląsk Wrocław[10] for the third time, Szukiełowicz's last job as a manager.

References

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