Dariusz Wdowczyk (born 25 September 1962) is a Polish former professional

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. He has subsequently carved out a career in football management. On 13 April 2007, he was replaced as

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of Legia Warsaw by Jacek Zieliński, following a run of bad results. He joined Livingston as their new

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on 28 June 2007, to assist new manager Mark Proctor, his main objective was to investigate the foreign market, in particular the Eastern European market. It was announced on 30 October 2007 that Wdowczyk was to leave Livingston to embark on a second spell as manager of

. In 2008, he was convicted for his involvement in the 2003–2005 match-fixing scandal, and received a seven-year ban from the

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Disciplinary Committee, which was lated reduced to four years. After leaving

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in 2017, Wdowczyk joined

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's coverage team as a

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, and has since stated he had no intention of returning to coaching.

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Legia Warsaw *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 1988–89 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

: 1989 Poland U18 *

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runner-up:

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Manager

Polonia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 1999–2000 * Polish League Cup: 1999–2000 * Polish Super Cup: 2000 Korona Kielce *

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: 2003–04 Legia Warsaw * Ekstraklasa: 2005–06

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* 1962 births Living people Footballers from Warsaw Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football defenders Legia Warsaw players Celtic F.C. players Reading F.C. players Polonia Warsaw players Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish football managers Legia Warsaw managers Polonia Warsaw managers Pogoń Szczecin managers Widzew Łódź managers Wisła Kraków managers Piast Gliwice managers Ekstraklasa players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Gwardia Warsaw players Livingston F.C. non-playing staff Korona Kielce managers Wisła Płock managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen Livingston F.C. directors and chairmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1960s-stub