Henryk Szczepański (7 October 1933 – 30 January 2015) was a Polish

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who played as a defender. He competed in the

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Club career

Henryk Szczepański started his football career in the works club Stal Bydgoszcz and

Polonia Bydgoszcz Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish sports club based in Bydgoszcz most known for its Motorcycle speedway, speedway team ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz which currently races in the Polish Speedway First League, 1. Liga. The club has won the Team Speedway Pol ...

. From 1957 to 1960, he was a footballer for

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

, with whom he won the

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in 1957 and the following year the national championship. In 1960, together with Roman Korynt, he won the "Golden Shoe" in the "Katowice Sport" plebiscite. In 1961, he moved to

Odra Opole OKS Odra Opole Spółka Akcyjna () is a association football, football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the I liga. History Beginnings The history of Odra Opole began on 16 June 1945, when in the Opole Town Hall, a group o ...

, with whom he finished the 1963–64 season in 3rd place (the highest place in Odra's history). He played for the club until 1967.

International career

He made his debut for Poland on 29 September 1957 in Sofia in a 1–1 friendly draw with

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. He competed at the

in Rome. Henryk Szczepański's last match for the national team took place on 1 November 1965 in Rome, in a 1–6 loss to

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in the

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qualifiers. In total, he played 45 official matches for the national team, of which 24 games where he wore the captain's armband.

Coaching career

After his football career ended, he worked as a coach, in

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 ...

Olimpia Poznań Olimpia Poznań is a Polish multi-sport club from Poznań. It has athletics, archery, basketball, boxing, kendo, judo, swimming, tennis, and triathlon sections. The sections are formally independent of each other, sharing the history and nam ...

Motor Lublin Motor Lublin () is a Polish professional football club based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950. Their nickname ''The Yellow, White and Blues'' reflects their official colours. They compete in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of Polish ...

, OKS OZOS Olsztyn, Gwardia Koszalin and

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Honours

ŁKS Łódź *

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 ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

: 1956–57

References

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