Antoni Szymanowski

Antoni Szymanowski

Personal information
Full name	Antoni Jan Szymanowski
Date of birth	(1951-01-13) 13 January 1951 (age 71)
Place of birth	Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1970	Wisła Kraków	41	(0)
1970–1972	Gwardia Warszawa	24	(0)
1972–1978	Wisła Kraków	160	(1)
1978–1981	Gwardia Warszawa	17	(0)
1981–1984	Club Brugge	51	(0)
Total		293	(1)
National team
1970–1980	Poland	82	(1)
Teams managed
1985–1986	Cracovia
Honours Men's football Representing  Poland FIFA World Cup 1974 West Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team 1976 Montreal Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Antoni Jan Szymanowski (born 13 January 1951 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki) was a Polish football right-back, and a member of the Poland national football team in two FIFA World Cups: 1974 and 1978.^[1] During those tournaments his club was Wisła Kraków. Szymanowski was one of the best defenders in Poland during the golden era of Polish football. In the later years of his career he played for the Belgian team Club Brugge KV. Currently he is a manager of Przebój Wolbrom - the club playing in Polish . He has also a brother (Henryk Szymanowski) who was a footballer as well.

He also competed for Poland at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Honours[]

Club[]

• Polish Cup: 1967
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1969, 1970 & 1973
• Ekstraklasa: 1978

International[]

• Olympic gold medal: 1972
• Olympic silver medal: 1976
• FIFA World Cup third place: 1974

Individual[]

• Polish Football Player of the Year: 1975 (Sport editors plebiscite "Golden Shoe")

References[]

External links[]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antoni Szymanowski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• Poland Appearances