Artur Woźniak

Artur Woźniak
Personal information
Full name Artur Woźniak
Date of birth (1913-11-10)10 November 1913
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Date of death 31 May 1991(1991-05-31) (aged 77)
Place of death Kraków, Poland
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1944 Wisła Kraków
1945–1947 Wisła Kraków
1948–1949 Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie
International career
1933–1938 Poland 5 (0)
Managerial career
1948–1949 Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie (player-manager)
1951 ŁKS-Włókniarz Łódź
Włókniarz Kraków
1953 Kolejarz Poznań
1953–1954 Pafawag Wrocław
1955 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1956–1957 Wisła Kraków
1959 Wawel Kraków
1962 Pafawag Wrocław
1962–1964 Odra Opole
1964–1966 Ruch Chorzów
1966–1967 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1969–1970 Śląsk Wrocław
1971–1972 Cracovia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Artur Jan Woźniak (10 November 1913 – 31 May 1991) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.

For most of his career, Woźniak was loyal to Wisła Kraków, where he played in the years 1931 – 1947,[2] scoring 102 goals in 140 games, and three times becoming vice-champion of the country (1931, 1936, 1947). In 1933 and 1937, Woźniak was top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, with 18 and 12 goals.

During World War II, he was captured by the Nazi German occupiers, and sent to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. After the war, Woźniak remained in Wisła until 1947, then moving to the Recovered Territories, to the newly created club Orzeł Ząbkowice. Then, he became a coach, working with a number of Polish teams, such as ŁKS Łódź,[3] Garbarnia Kraków, Lech Poznań,[4] Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Ruch Chorzów, Zagłębie Sosnowiec,[5] Śląsk Wrocław and Wisła Kraków (1956–1957).

Artur Woźniak's grave at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków

In the mid-1930s, he capped five times for Poland, without scoring a goal.[6]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Artur Woźniak". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Artur Woźniak".
  3. ^ "WKS Śląsk Wrocław SA – W Śląsku Wrocław i w ŁKS-ie Łódź". slaskwroclaw.pl. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Trenerzy – KKS LECH POZNAŃ S.A." lechpoznan.pl. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009.
  5. ^ "20 – Było Wielu Trenerów".
  6. ^ "Kadra.pl – Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  7. ^ "Artur Woźniak - król strzelców". historiawisly.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2024.


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