Dariusz Bogusław Dźwigała (born 22 March 1969) is a Polish professional

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Adam Dźwigała Adam Dźwigała (born 25 September 1995) is a Polish professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC St. Pauli. He is the son of former footballer Dariusz Dźwigała. Club career Dźwigała played for KS Wesoła, ...

is also a professional footballer who plays for

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. Having started his career at Drukarz Warsaw, he played for several other teams including

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and

Gwardia Warsaw WKS Gwardia Warszawa () was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. The club was dissolved in 2018. Football It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953 to 1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–19 ...

. He moved to Turkey in 2001 where he played for Diyarbakırspor, before returning to Poland the following year. With

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, Dźwigała captained a club team into the

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. He worked as a coach with

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (Wisła Płock S.A.), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship. They will compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season after wi ...

in the

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Honours

Player-manager

Start Otwock * IV liga Masovia: 2007–08

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* 1969 births Living people Footballers from Warsaw Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players Israeli Premier League players Süper Lig players Polonia Warsaw players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Górnik Zabrze players GKS Katowice players Pogoń Szczecin players Diyarbakırspor footballers Radomiak Radom players Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Polish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Polish football managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers II liga managers Radomiak Radom managers Arka Gdynia managers Polonia Warsaw managers Ząbkovia Ząbki managers Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała managers Wisła Płock managers Men's association football player-managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub