Romuald Szukiełowicz

Romuald Szukiełowicz

Szukiełowicz in 1990.
Personal information
Full name	Romuald Szukiełowicz
Date of birth	(1949-02-10) 10 February 1949 (age 72)
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
1988–91	Śląsk Wrocław
1991
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

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.

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 , 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 , 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.

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