Mieczyslaw Dziadulewicz (born 29 January 1960) is an English former

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who played as a

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Club career

Dziadulewicz began his career at Southend United, signing professional forms in 1978, after joining the club at youth level. Following his release from Southend at the end of the 1977–78 season, Dziadulewicz signed for Southern League club Chelmsford City. In February 1979, following a successful trial, Dziadulewicz signed for hometown club

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. Dziadulewicz made two

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appearances for Wimbledon, before moving to Finland, signing for

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. In 1979, following two goals in eight league games for KuPS, Dzidulewicz re-signed for Wimbledon, scoring once in 26 league appearances during his time there. In 1981, Dziadulewicz signed for FC Haka. Dziadulewicz routinely switched between Haka and Chelmsford City, playing for Haka in the summer and Chelmsford in the winter, during the domestic winter break in Finland. Dziadulewicz subsequently played for Finnish clubs OTP, OLS, FC Ilves, FC Tigers and FC Oulu. During the 1992–93 season, Dziadulewicz played for

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. Dziadulewicz later played for Saffron Walden Town in the Essex Senior League.

Managerial career

In 2007, Dziadulewicz took up a player-manager role at Tervarit. In 2008, following a coaching role at AC Oulu, Dziadulewicz was appointed manager of Jippo. After leaving Jippo in 2010, Dziadulewicz took up a coaching role at JoPS. Ahead of the 2015 Kakkonen season, Dziadulewicz returned to Jippo as manager. In November 2017, SC Riverball announced the appointment of Dziadulewicz ahead of the 2018 season.

References

1960 births Living people Men's association football midfielders English men's footballers English football managers English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland English expatriate sportspeople in Finland Footballers from the London Borough of Merton People from Wimbledon, London Southend United F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Wimbledon F.C. players Kuopion Palloseura players FC Haka players Ilves (football) players Canvey Island F.C. players Saffron Walden Town F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Essex Senior Football League players Mestaruussarja players Veikkausliiga players English people of Polish descent English football coaches Oulun Työväen Palloilijat players Tervarit players Oulun Luistinseura players AC Oulu non-playing staff Jippo managers {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub