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Zbigniew Kowalski (footballer, born 1958)

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Zbigniew Kowalski
Personal information
Full name Zbigniew Kowalski
Date of birth (1958-12-20) 20 December 1958 (age 66)[1]
Place of birth Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1977 Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1984 Lechia Gdańsk 78 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zbigniew Kowalski (born 20 December 1958) is a Polish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football

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Kowalski is most well known for his time with Lechia Gdańsk. He made his Lechia debut on 31 July 1977 in the Polish Cup against Stal Stalowa Wola.[2] In his first 4 seasons Kowalski made 52 league appearances before Lechia were relegated at the end of the 1981–82 season. Despite being relegated to the third tier, it was a time which would become an historic period for the club. The 1982–83 season saw Lechia winning the III liga[3] with Kowalski playing in five games of Lechias winning Polish Cup run, beating Piast Gliwice in the final 2–1.[4][5][6] The following season Lechia won the Polish SuperCup final as Lechia won by beating the Polish champions Lech Poznań 1–0,[7] but Kowalski was not part of that squad. He also played in both games as Lechia faced European footballing giants Juventus in a European competition due to the previous season's cup win.[8][9] Lechia also won promotion to the top division that season by winning the II liga for the 1983–84 season.[10] Kowalski left Lechia the following season after 26 league games in the club's two promotion seasons.

Honours

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Lechia Gdańsk

References

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  1. ^ "Zbigniew Kowalski". Lechia.gda.pl.
  2. ^ "1977/78 PP". Lechia.gda.pl.
  3. ^ "Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1982/83]". lechia.net. 19 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk w drodze po Puchar Polski – sezon 1982/83". lechiahistoria.pl. 29 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Lechia – Piast Gliwice 2:1. Finał Pucharu Polski. 22.06.1983". lechiahistoria.pl. 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ "lechia.pl historia". Lechia.pl.
  7. ^ "Superpuchar Polski dla Lechii! (30.07.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 30 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Juventus FC – Lechia Gdańsk 7:0 (14.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 14 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk – Juventus FC 2:3 (28.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 28 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1983/84]". lechia.net. 13 April 2012.