Antoni Piechniczek

Antoni Piechniczek

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Personal information
Full name	Antoni Krzysztof Piechniczek
Date of birth	(1942-05-03) 3 May 1942
Place of birth	Chorzów, Poland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1959	Zryw Chorzów
1960–1961	Naprzód Lipiny
1961–1965	Legia Warsaw	56	(5)
1965–1972	Ruch Chorzów	151	(6)
1972–1973	LB Châteauroux
International career
1967–1969	Poland	3	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1975	BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała
1975–1979	Odra Opole
1980–1981	Ruch Chorzów
1981–1986	Poland
1986–1987	Górnik Zabrze
1987–1990	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
1988	Tunisia
1989	Tunisia
1993–1995	United Arab Emirates
1996–1997	Poland
1997	Al Rayyan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antoni Piechniczek (born 3 May 1942 in Chorzów) is a retired Polish football player and a football manager. Since 2007 he is a Polish senator.

Player career

As a player he played for clubs such as Naprzód Lipiny, Legia Warszawa, Ruch Chorzów and LB Châteauroux. He played also three matches for Polish national team.

Manager career

As a football coach he have led teams such as Ruch Chorzów, Górnik Zabrze, Al Rayyan (Qatar) or Espérance Tunis (Tunisia).

He is well known for coaching Polish national football team. He coached Poland in 1981-1986 and in 1996-1997. He coached Poland at 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

He coached also Tunisia and United Arab Emirates.

Political career

In 2002 local election he was elected to the Silesian Regional Assembly II Term and was he one of the three Vice-Chairperson of assembly. In 2006 he was re-elected, but his term (Assembly III Term) was end after one year. In 2007 Piechniczek was elected to the Senate of the Republic of Poland (upper chamber of Polish parliament) and since 2007-11-05 he is a senator VII Term.

See also

• Poland national football team
• Football in Poland