Andrzej Woźniak

Andrzej Woźniak

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-10-23) October 23, 1965
Place of birth	Konin, Poland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Górnik Konin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1983	Górnik Konin
1984–1988	Widzew Łódź	0	(0)
1986–1987	→ Orzeł Łódź (loan)
1988–1989	GKS Bełchatów	39	(0)
1989–1994	ŁKS Łódź	155	(0)
1994–1996	Widzew Łódź	65	(0)
1996–1997	FC Porto	7	(0)
1997–1998	Sporting de Braga	15	(0)
1998–1999	Lech Poznań	13	(0)
1999–2002	Widzew Łódź	8	(0)
International career
1994–1997	Poland	20	(0)
Managerial career
2000–2002	Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2002–2005	Korona Kielce (assistant manager)
2005–2006	Pogoń Szczecin (assistant manager)
2006–2008	Lech Poznań (goalkeeping coach)
2008–2010	Pogoń Szczecin (goalkeeping coach)
2011–2014	Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2013–2014	Widzew Łódź (assistant manager)
2014	Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2015	Dolcan Ząbki (goalkeeping coach)
2015–2018	Lechia Gdańsk (goalkeeping coach)
2018	Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2021	Poland (goalkeeping coach)
2021-	Widzew Łódź (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2021

Andrzej Woźniak (born 23 October 1965, in Konin) is a Polish goalkeeping coach and retired professional football goalkeeper that played most often for ŁKS Łódź and Widzew Łódź, and also had a short spell in the Portuguese top flight. Known as one of the best goalkeepers in his country he made 20 appearances for the Poland national football team.

Club career

Starting at his hometown team of Górnik Konin, Woźniak spent much of his playing career in Łódź; first at ŁKS and then at Widzew, enjoying three separate spells at the club. It was with Widzew that Woźniak enjoyed his greatest success by winning the Polish Championship. Not only did he have the joint best record in terms of goals conceded, the team remained undefeated throughout the successful campaign. It was an incredible achievement and it was not long before some of the bigger teams around Europe came knocking at the door.

In 1996 Woźniak moved to Portuguese giants FC Porto but appearances were limited at the club. He had a loan spell at SC Braga but soon returned to Poland, first with Lech Poznań and then with Widzew Łódź once more.

National Team

Woźniak represented Poland 20 times at the international level. His moment of glory in a Poland shirt came in the 1996 European Championship qualifying match in Paris against France. With the score at 1-1, France won a penalty but Woźniak was equal to the task, saving from Bixente Lizarazu and keeping out the rebound from Vincent Guerin.

International

Appearances, conceded goals and clean sheets by national team

National team	Year	Apps	Conceded Goals	Clean Sheets
Poland	1994	7	6	3
	1995	5	6	2
	1996	4	9	1
	1997	4	7	1
Total		20	28	7

Coaching career

Woźniak between 2018 and 2020 was employed by the Poland national team as a goalkeeping coach. Prior to this appointment he worked in the same role for several Polish clubs with Widzew Łódź, Korona Kielce, Pogoń Szczecin, Lech Poznań, Dolcan Ząbki and Lechia Gdańsk among them. Woźniak also worked as an assistant manager at some of the teams highlighted above including Widzew, Korona and Pogoń before choosing to focus more on goalkeeping coaching. In February 2021 he was appointed goalkeeper coach at Widzew once more.

External links

• Andrzej Woźniak at 90minut.pl (in Polish)