Zbigniew Boniek

Zbigniew Boniek
Boniek in 2015
UEFA Vice President
Assumed office
20 April 2021
PresidentAleksander Čeferin
Vice PresidentKarl-Erik Nilsson
(as first vice-president)
26th President of the PZPN
In office
26 October 2012 – 18 August 2021
Preceded byGrzegorz Lato
Succeeded byCezary Kulesza
Personal details
Born (1956-03-03) 3 March 1956 (age 68)[1]
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation

Association football career
Position(s)
Youth career
1966–1973 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1975 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 41 (14)
1975–1982 Widzew Łódź 172 (50)
1982–1985 Juventus 81 (14)
1985–1988 Roma 76 (17)
Total 367 (95)
International career
1976–1988 Poland 80 (24)
Managerial career
1990–1991 Lecce
1991–1992 Bari
1992–1993 Sambenedettese
1994–1996 Avellino
2002 Poland
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zbigniew Boniek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛv ˈbɔɲɛk];[a] born 3 March 1956) is a Polish former footballer and manager as well as a current UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time,[2] and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004.[3]

In an 80-cap international career, Boniek scored 24 goals and played at three consecutive World Cups, helping Poland to 3rd place in 1982 and making the Team of the Tournament. His greatest achievements in club football were at Juventus in Italy, winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia, European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, and European Super Cup between 1983 and 1985, being the first Polish footballer to win a confederation title and one of the first Central and Eastern European players to do so with a non-conational club.

In the early 1990s, Boniek managed several Italian clubs, and also the Poland national team in 2002. In 2019, he was inducted in the Italian Football Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ UEFA.com (5 April 2017). "Zbigniew Boniek | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Zbigniew Boniek". PlanetWorldCup.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FIFA 100 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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