Roman Wójcicki (born 8 January 1958) is a Polish former professional

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. He played as a defender for clubs including

Odra Opole OKS Odra Opole Spółka Akcyjna () is a association football, football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the I liga. History Beginnings The history of Odra Opole began on 16 June 1945, when in the Opole Town Hall, a group o ...

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

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 ...

, FC Homburg and

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Playing career

Wójcicki was born in Nysa. He played for the Poland national team, making 62 appearances and scoring two goals. He was a participant at the three consecutive World Cups,

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1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national footbal ...

, where Poland won the bronze medal and

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. He ended his career as a

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, before coaching various amateur and youth teams in the

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wójcicki goal.''

Honours

Odra Opole * Polish League Cup: 1977 Widzew Łódź *

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: 1984–85 Hannover 96 *

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: 1991–92 Poland *

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bronze medal:

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

Nehru Cup The Nehru Cup was an international football tournament organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It was launched in 1982, but was not held from 1998 to 2006. After ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

References

1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Nysa, Poland Footballers from Opole Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Poland men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Ekstraklasa players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Odra Opole players Śląsk Wrocław players Widzew Łódź players FC 08 Homburg players Hannover 96 players TSV Havelse players Polish football managers TSV Havelse managers Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate football managers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate football managers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Men's association football player-managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1950s-stub