Lesław Ćmikiewicz

Lesław Ćmikiewicz

Personal information
Date of birth	25 August 1948
Place of birth	Wrocław, Poland
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1965–1970	Śląsk Wrocław
1970–1979	Legia Warsaw	225	(14)
1980–1981	New York Arrows (indoor)	6	(1)
1981	Chicago Horizon (indoor)	11	(12)
National team
1970–1979	Poland	57	(0)
Teams managed
1982-1985	Motor Lublin
1985-1986	Stal Rzeszów
1986	Górnik Zabrze
1988	Pogoń Szczecin
1993	Poland
2005–2006	Tur Turek
Honours Competitor for  Poland Men's Football Munich 1972 Team Competition Montreal 1976 Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Lesław Ćmikiewicz (born 25 August 1948^[1] in Wrocław) is a retired Polish football player and manager. He played for Polish clubs including Śląsk Wrocław and Legia Warsaw.^[2] He also played for the New York Arrows and Chicago Horizon in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Ćmikiewicz played for the Polish national team, for which he earned 57 caps.^[3] He was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal; at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal and at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal.

As a coach he coached a few Polish football clubs, including Stal Rzeszów^[4] and later most notably and briefly, the Polish national team and U-21 Polish team. He currently works as an Assistant Coach at Cracovia.

References

1. As stated by his birth certificate; he himself claims to have been born more than one year earlier, on 3 May 1947
2. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/leslaw-cmikiewicz/
3. http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?dzial=his_rep&litera=S
4. http://www.stalrzeszow.pl/wyniki/trenerzy.html

External links

• Profile on Polish Olympic Committee