Artur Woźniak

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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
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1947 Wisła Kraków
International career
1933–1938 Poland 5 (0)
Managerial career
1951 ŁKS Łódź
1953 Lech Poznań
1956–1957 Wisła Kraków
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 (born 10 November 1913 in Kraków, died 31 May 1991 in Kraków), was a Polish football forward, twice top scorer of the Polish First Division.

For most of his career, Woźniak was loyal to Wisła Kraków, where he played in the years 1931 – 1947,[1] 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

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,[2] Garbarnia Kraków, Lech Poznań,[3] Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Ruch Chorzów, Zagłębie Sosnowiec,[4] Śląsk Wrocław
and Wisła Kraków (1956–1957).

In the mid-1930s, he capped five times for Poland, without scoring a goal.[5]

References

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  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Trenerzy – KKS LECH POZNAŃ S.A." lechpoznan.pl. Archived from the original on 27 August 2009.
  4. ^ "20 – Było Wielu Trenerów".
  5. ^ "Kadra.pl – Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.