Marcel Adamczyk (5 January 1935 – 10 February 2023) was a French footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Giraumont, Meurthe-et-Moselle on 5 January 1935, Adamczyk played junior football alongside his brother for AS Giraumont. He distinguished himself in a 1953

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match against

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. He then left to play for

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but refused his professional contract and returned to Giraumont. He became a professional in 1960 after signing with

FC Nancy Football club de Nancy was a French association football team playing in the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. The team was founded in 1901 and dissolved in 1968. They won Ligue 2 once. Honours * Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), ...

. He was also selected to play in a match for the France national B team against

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. With Nancy, he reached the final of the

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, which resulted in a 1–0 loss to

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

. In 1963, Adamczyk left Nancy and began playing for

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. That year, he played in his only match for the France national team against

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. After his professional career, he played for the corporate team of Bergerat-Monnoyeur, with whom he played in the final of the Coupe nationale corpo in 1970.

Death

Adamczyk died on 10 February 2023, at the age of 88.

References

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