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
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
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	(-31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Professional Career

Starting at his hometown team of Górnik Konin, Woźniak spent much of his playing career at Widzew Łódź, enjoying three separate spells at the club. It was with Widzew Łódź 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 Widzew Łódź.

National Team

In terms of international football, Woźniak represented Poland 20 times. 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.

Coaching Career

At the time of writing, Woźniak is employed by the Polish 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 Zabki and Lechia Gdańsk among them. Woźniak also worked as an assistant manager at some of the teams highlighted above including Widzew Łódź, Korona Kielce and Pogoń Szczecin before choosing to focus more on goalkeeping coaching.

External links

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