Janusz Marek Wójcik (November 18, 1953 – November 20, 2017) was a Polish politician, football player and coach.

Playing career

He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warszawa, Ravalpandi (

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) and the Toronto Falcons (

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Coaching career

Wójcik also trained several Polish clubs like

Hutnik Kraków Hutnik Kraków (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish football club based in Kraków, Poland. History The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish Ekstraklasa (Polish first division). The team's greatest success ...

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the Reserve Battalion in Białystok. Jagiellonia play their home ...

Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

Pogoń Szczecin Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league ...

and Lukullus Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki as well as the Polish Olympic team which won the

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in the

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, Polish national senior football team, and the U-18 and U-16 national teams of Poland. He worked as a manager also out of his country like Al-Khallej,

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and Syria national team. On 21 April 2008 he was appointed Widzew Lodz manager. In 2010 Wójcik was hired as manager for

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i club,

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Political career

He was a member of the

Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP) is a nationalist, populist, and agrarian political party and trade union in Poland. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religious co ...

party and was elected to

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...

(the lower chamber of the Polish parliament) on 25 September 2005 getting 4236 votes in 24

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

district.

Personal life

He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Physical Education in 1979. After suffering an epileptic attack that lead to a severe head injury, he died on 20 November 2017 in hospital after surgery, without waking up from a pharmacological coma. On 29 November 2017, after the funeral mass in the Warsaw church of St. Dominik, was buried in the Służew New Cemetery.

References

External links

Janusz Marek Wójcik – parliamentary page
– includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches. 1953 births 2017 deaths Politicians from Warsaw Footballers from Warsaw Polish footballers Polish expatriate footballers Polish football managers Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland politicians Polish expatriate football managers Poland national football team managers Syria national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. managers Legia Warsaw managers Śląsk Wrocław managers Jagiellonia Białystok managers Widzew Łódź managers Canadian National Soccer League players Toronto Falcons players Association football defenders Hutnik Warsaw managers Polish sportsperson-politicians Gwardia Warsaw players Hutnik Warsaw players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Polish expatriate sportspeople in Canada {{Poland-politician-stub