Janusz Wójcik

Janusz Wójcik
Member of Sejm
In office
25 September 2005 – 7 September 2007
Personal details
Born (1953-11-18)November 18, 1953
Warsaw, Poland
Died November 20, 2017(2017-11-20) (aged 64)
Warsaw, Poland
Nationality Polish
Political party Samoobrona

Janusz Marek Wójcik (November 18, 1953 – November 20, 2017) was a Polish politician, football player and coach.[1]

Playing career

He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warszawa, Ravalpandi (Pakistan) and the Toronto Falcons (Canada).

Coaching career

Wójcik also trained several Polish clubs like Hutnik Kraków, Jagiellonia Białystok, Legia Warszawa, Pogoń Szczecin and Lukullus Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki as well as the Polish olympic team which won the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, Polish national senior football team, and the U-18 and U-16 national teams of Poland.

He worked as a manager also out of his country like Al-Khallej, Anorthosis Famagusta and Syria national team.

On 21 April 2008 he was appointed as Widzew Lodz manager.

In 2010 Wójcik was hired as manager for Omani club, Al-Nahda.[2]

Political career

He was a member of the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland party and was elected to Sejm (the lower chamber of the Polish parliament) on September 25, 2005 getting 4236 votes in 24 Białystok district.

Personal life

He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Physical Education in 1979.

References

  1. ↑ "Zmarł Janusz Wójcik, były selekcjoner reprezentacji Polski - WP SportoweFakty". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  2. ↑ http://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=24042755


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