Jan Andrzej Domarski (born 28 October 1946) is a Polish former

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and bronze-medal winner in the

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tournament in Germany. A

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, he played in seventeen matches for the Poland national team and was a double-champion with

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. He is often noted for scoring a historic goal for the Poland national team on 17 October 1973 against

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in 57th minute during the final group qualifying match for the 1974 World Cup. The match ended in a 1–1, which allowed the Polish team to win the group and qualify for the 1974 World Cup. The team ultimately secured third place in the tournament. He was capped 17 times for Poland, scoring two goals. He later coached Stal Rzeszów.

Honours

Stal Mielec *

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, 1975–76 Poland *

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third place:

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References

Living people 1946 births Polish men's footballers Footballers from Rzeszów Men's association football midfielders Poland men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Stal Rzeszów (football) players Stal Mielec players Nîmes Olympique players Resovia (football) players Ekstraklasa players Ligue 1 players Polish football managers Stal Rzeszów managers Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub