Lesław Ćmikiewicz

Lesław Ćmikiewicz (born 25 August 1948^[1] in Wrocław) is a Polish former professional football manager and former player. He played for Polish clubs including Śląsk Wrocław and Legia Warsaw.^[2] He also played for the New York Arrows and Chicago Horizon in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Lesław Ćmikiewicz

Ćmikiewicz in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-08-25) 25 August 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Wrocław, Poland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1970	Śląsk Wrocław
1970–1979	Legia Warsaw	225	(14)
1980–1981	New York Arrows (indoor)	6	(1)
1981	Chicago Horizon (indoor)	11	(12)
International career
1970–1979	Poland	57	(0)
Managerial career
1982–1985	Motor Lublin
1985–1986	Stal Rzeszów
1986	Górnik Zabrze
1987–1988	Hutnik Kraków
1988–1989	Pogoń Szczecin
1989–1990	Gwardia Warsaw
1993	Poland (caretaker)
1994	RKS Radomsko
1999–2001	Poland U21
2005–2006	Tur Turek
Medal record Men's football Representing  Poland FIFA World Cup 1974 West Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team 1976 Montreal Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ćmikiewicz played for the Poland national team, for which he earned 57 caps.^[3] He was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal; at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal and at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal.

As a coach, he coached a few Polish football clubs, including Stal Rzeszów^[4] and later most notably and briefly, the Poland national team and the Poland U21 team. He most recently worked as an assistant coach at Cracovia in 2008.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	1970	5	0
	1971	2	0
	1972	8	0
	1973	14	0
	1974	10	0
	1975	6	0
	1976	6	0
	1977	0	0
	1978	3	0
	1979	3	0
Total		57	0

Honours

Player

Legia Warsaw^[5]

• Polish Cup: 1972–73, 1979–80

Poland^[5]

• Olympic gold medal: 1972
• Olympic silver medal: 1976
• FIFA World Cup third place: 1974

Orders

• Gold Cross of Merit: 1972
• Order of Polonia Restituta Officer's Cross: 2004

References

1. As stated by his birth certificate; he himself claims to have been born more than one year earlier, on 3 May 1947
2. "Lesław Ćmikiewicz".
3. "Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
4. "Trenerzy". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
5. "Lesław Ćmikiewicz". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2024.

External links

• Profile on Polish Olympic Committee