Leszek Ryszard Iwanicki (born 12 August 1959) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a

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. His brother Krzysztof and nephew

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were also footballers. His previous clubs were

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

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, Marko Walichnowy,

RKS Radomsko RKS Radomsko is an association football club based in the city of Radomsko, in the south of Poland. Their home stadium is Stadion RKS. Currently, they compete in the IV liga Łódź. History Established in 1979, the club has played most of it h ...

Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom. Founded in 1920, the team won two List of Polish football champions, championships, in 1954 Ekstraklasa, 1954 and 1962 Ekstraklasa, 1962. As of the 2025–26 I liga, 2025–26 season, th ...

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-wh ...

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 ...

Legia Warsaw 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 a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

, and Urania Geneva in

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SK Vorwärts Steyr SK Vorwärts Steyr is an Austrian association football club based in Steyr. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Vorwärts Stadium. Currently the club has about 500 members. Is one of the oldest football clubs in Upper Austria. In 1999 the ...

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La Roche VF La Roche Vendée Football is a French association football team based in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, France. History The club was founded in 1947 and play at the Stade Henri Desgranges in the town. The club gained promotion to Championnat Nationa ...

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Umeå FC Umeå FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Umeå, Sweden. The club, formed in 1987, is currently playing in the third tier of the Swedish league, Ettan. The club is affiliated to the Västerbottens Fotbollförbund. Season to se ...

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, and

Yukong Elephants Jeju SK FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeju Province that competes in the K League 1, the top division in South Korea. In the past, the club has been known as the Yukong Elephants, Bucheon SK, and Jeju United. Hist ...

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. He was first Polish player of

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with

Tadeusz Świątek Tadeusz Świątek (; born 8 November 1961) is a Polish former professional footballer. Club career He played in Polish clubs such as Wisła Płock, Widzew Łódź, Polonia Warsaw and Hutnik Warsaw. He also played at Yukong Elephants in Sout ...

Honours

Yukong Elephants *

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

Individual *

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 ...

top scorer: 1984–85

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* 1959 births Living people Footballers from Warsaw Poland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Legia Warsaw players Motor Lublin players Widzew Łódź players Jeju SK FC players Umeå FC players La Roche VF players SK Vorwärts Steyr players Urania Genève Sport players Polonia Bytom players RKS Radomsko players Piast Gliwice players Ekstraklasa players K League 1 players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Polish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Polish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Polish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub