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Waldemar Matysik
Personal information
Full name	Waldemar Józef Matysik
Date of birth	27 September 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Stanica, Poland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Orzeł Stanica
	Carbo Gliwice
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1987	Górnik Zabrze
1987–1990	AJ Auxerre
1990–1993	Hamburger SV
1993–1994	Wuppertaler SV
1994–1995	VfB Wissen
1996–1997	Rot-Weiss Essen
1997	FC Germania Dattenfeld 1916
International career
1980–1989	Poland
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Poland
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Waldemar Józef Matysik (born 27 September 1961) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He played mostly for Górnik Zabrze, where he scored seven goals in 127 matches. In 1987, he went abroad and played for AJ Auxerre in France (110 matches) and later for Hamburger SV (94 matches, one goal) in Germany. In 1993, he went to Wuppertaler SV (35 games, two goals), a year later Matysik chose VfB 1914 Wissen (26 games). His professional career ended at Rot-Weiss Essen, where during the years 1996–97 Matysik played 49 matches.

He played for the Poland national team (55 matches)^[1] and was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Górnik Zabrze

Ekstraklasa: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87^[2]

Poland

FIFA World Cup third place: 1982^[2]

Poland U18

UEFA European Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1980^[2]

Individual

Polish Newcomer of the Year: 1981^[3]

References

^ "Reprezentanci" (in Polish). kadra.pl. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Waldemar Matysik". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 July 2024.
^ "Laureaci". pilkanozna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 July 2024.