Marek Antoni Bajor (born 10 January 1970 in

Kolbuszowa Kolbuszowa () is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 88911 inhabitants (02.06.2009). Situated in the Sandomierz Forest in the Subcarpathian Voivodship, it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County. Kolbuszowa belongs to historic Lesser Poland, ...

) is a Polish professional

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and former

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. His sole managerial role so far came as the manager of

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side

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from 2009 to 2011.

Club career

Bajor's career started in the 1988–89 season with Igloopol Kolbuszowa, before playing for

Igloopol Dębica LKS Igloopol Dębica () is a Polish sports club from Dębica, Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Their football team currently competes in the IV liga Subcarpathia, the fifth level of the Polish football league system, national football league system. H ...

and

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. In 1998, he moved to

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. He retired in 2002.

International career

He represented his native country at the

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, where he won the silver medal.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Widzew Łódź *

: 1995–96, 1996–97 *

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: 1996 Amica Wronki *

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: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000 * Polish Super Cup: 1998, 1999 Poland Olympic *

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silver medal:

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* * * * 1970 births Living people People from Kolbuszowa Footballers from Subcarpathian Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Igloopol Dębica players Widzew Łódź players Amica Wronki players Ekstraklasa players Olympic footballers for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Polish football managers Lech Poznań non-playing staff Zagłębie Lubin managers Ekstraklasa managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1970s-stub