Ryszard Koncewicz
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryszard Tadeusz Koncewicz | ||
Date of birth | 12 April 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Lemberg, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 15 March 2001 | (aged 89)||
Place of death | Warsaw, Poland | ||
Position(s) |
Striker , Manager | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1927–1939 | Lechia Lwów | ||
1945–1946 | Polonia Bytom | ||
Managerial career | |||
1949 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
1950–1952 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
1952–1955 | Polonia Bytom | ||
1956–1958 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1968–1970 | Poland | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ryszard Tadeusz Koncewicz (born 12 April 1911 in
Polish September Campaign
), he spent the war in a German POW camp Oflag IIC Woldenberg, where he represented the unofficial team of the city of Lwów, which consisted of POWs from there.
After the war he returned to Poland, and as Lwów was annexed by the
Gwardia Warszawa
.
As early as 1948, Koncewicz started cooperating with then-coach of the Poland national team, Wacław Kuchar, who himself was from Lwów as well. Then, he trained Poland for several short periods (1953, 1956–1957, 1964–1966 and 1968–1970). After retiring, he was an activist of the Polish Football Association (PZPN).
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