Waldemar Piotr Słomiany (born 1 November 1943) is a Polish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender. Słomiany spent the most successful years of his career at
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...
, winning several championships of Poland in the 1960s. He was capped once by Poland, on 16 October 1963, in a 3–1 loss to
Greece
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.
Słomiany started his career in a local club
Wawel Wirek, and in 1962 he moved to Górnik Zabrze, in which he played in 93 games, scoring 4 goals. In 1967, he illegally decided to stay in
Western Germany
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. He played for
Bundesliga
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teams such as
FC Schalke 04
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, and
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...
. In 1971, he was among players involved in corruption scandal (known in Germany as ''
Bundesligaskandal''), which resulted in his suspension and after that he did not resume playing. Altogether, Słomiany played 98 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 11 goals.
Honours
Górnik Zabrze
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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 ...
:
1962–63,
1963–64,
1964–65,
1965–66
*
Polish Cup
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: 1964–65
References
1943 births
Living people
Footballers from Ruda Śląska
People from the Province of Upper Silesia
Men's association football defenders
Polish men's footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Górnik Zabrze players
FC Schalke 04 players
Arminia Bielefeld players
Ekstraklasa players
Bundesliga players
Polish expatriate men's footballers
Polish expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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