Janusz Wójcik

Janusz Wójcik
Member of Sejm
In office 25 September 2005 – 7 September 2007
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-18)18 November 1953 Warsaw, Poland
Died	20 November 2017(2017-11-20) (aged 64) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	Samoobrona
Association football career Position(s) Defender Youth career 1968–1970 Agrykola Warsaw 1970–1972 Gwardia Warsaw Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1972–1974 Gwardia Warsaw 1 (0) 1974 Ursus Warsaw 1975–1976 Hutnik Warsaw 1976–1977 Rawalpindi 1979–1980 Toronto Falcons Managerial career 1978 Hutnik Warsaw 1981–1982 Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1983–1984 Huragan Wołomin 1983–1984 Poland U16 1984–1985 Hutnik Kraków 1986–1987 Jagiellonia Białystok 1988 Poland U18 1989–1992 Poland U21 1992 Poland Olympic 1992–1994 Legia Warsaw 1994–1996 United Arab Emirates U23 1996 Khor Fakkan 1996–1997 Al-Khaleej 1997–1999 Poland 2000 Pogoń Szczecin 2001 Śląsk Wrocław 2001 Anorthosis Famagusta 2003 Syria 2004 Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 2007 Znicz Pruszków 2008 Widzew Łódź 2010 Al-Nahda Medal record Men's football Representing  Poland (as manager) Summer Olympics 1992 Barcelona Team *Club domestic league appearances and goals

Janusz Marek Wójcik (18 November 1953 – 20 November 2017) was a Polish politician, football player and manager.^[1]

He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warsaw, Ravalpandi in Pakistan and the Toronto Falcons in Canada.

Wójcik also trained several Polish clubs like Hutnik Kraków, Jagiellonia Białystok, Legia Warsaw, Pogoń Szczecin and Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki as well as the Polish Olympic team which won the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, the senior national team, and the numerous youth national teams of Poland.

He worked as a manager also out of his country like Al-Khaleej, Anorthosis Famagusta and the Syria national team.

On 21 April 2008, he was appointed Widzew Lodz manager.

In 2010, Wójcik was hired as manager for Omani club Al-Nahda.^[2]

He was a member of the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland party and was elected to Sejm (the lower chamber of the Polish parliament) on 25 September 2005 getting 4236 votes in 24 Białystok district.

He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Physical Education in 1979.^{[citation needed]} After suffering an epileptic attack that lead to a severe head injury, he died on 20 November 2017 in hospital after surgery, without waking up from a pharmacological coma.^[3] On 29 November 2017, after the funeral mass in the Warsaw church of St. Dominik, was buried in the Służew New Cemetery.^[4]

Jagiellonia Białystok

• II liga, group II: 1986–87^[5]

Poland Olympic

• Olympic silver medal: 1992

Individual

• Polish Coach of the Year: 1992, 1998^[6]

• Janusz Marek Wójcik – parliamentary page – includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.

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