Jerzy Engel
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Władysław Jerzy Engel | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Włocławek,Poland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1966–1969 | Junak Włocławek | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1971 | Kujawiak Włocławek | ||
1971–1973 | AZS-AWF Warsaw | ||
1973–1974 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
Managerial career | |||
1975–1976 | Polonia Warsaw II | ||
1976–1977 | Hutnik Warszawa | ||
1977–1978 | RKS Błonie | ||
1978 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
1979–1981 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | ||
1982–1984 | Hutnik Warszawa | ||
1985–1987 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1988–1990 | Apollon Limassol | ||
1990–1991 | APOP Paphos | ||
1991–1995 | Nea Salamis | ||
1996 | Nea Salamis | ||
1997 | Aris Limassol | ||
1997–1999 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
2000–2002 | Poland | ||
2005 | Wisła Kraków | ||
2005–2006 | APOEL | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Władysław Jerzy Engel(Polish pronunciation:[vwaˈdɨswafˈjɛʐɨˈɛŋɡɛl];born 6 October 1952) is a Polish formerfootballerand coach.
Biography
[edit]Playing career
[edit]Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at local youth club Junak Wloclawek, before being promoted to local senior teamKujawiak Włocławekwhich allow him to move to the likes ofPolonia Warsawand several other clubs.
Engel, nicknamed "Jurek", began playing in midfield or attack before, at the age of 22, being cruelly forced to cut his career short because of injury.
Coaching and managerial career
[edit]First spell in club football
[edit]With spirits dampened only slightly, he immediately turned to coaching and took over at Polonia Warsaw reserves in the 1975/1976 season.
After a spell with third division teams, he came to the fore once more with his involvement in Poland's third-place finish in the1982 FIFA World CupSpain,helping then national coach,Antoni Piechniczek,choose the idealsquad.
In 1985 Jurek took over atLegia Warsaw,leading them to two second-place finishes in thePolish Championshipin three seasons. Just as he was becoming well known he made the strange decision to move toApollon Limassol,inCyprus,an island he stayed on for seven years.
He later returned to Legia before taking Polonia Warsaw to runners-up spot in 1998–99.
National team spell
[edit]He became manager of thePoland national teamin 1999 and after failing to achieve qualification for theUEFA Euro 2000,was instrumental in securingEmmanuel Olisadebe'snaturalisationas a Polish national.
With the side lacking firepower when he took charge, Engel saw the qualities inNigerian-born Olisadebe who was already playing his league football in Poland. He asked the president to speed Olisadebe's papers through and as a result, had a talented forward available for World Cup qualifying. Olisadebe rewarded his coach with eight goals in tenqualifyingmatches.
Engel steered Poland to their firstWorld Cup finalstournament since1986,when he oversaw their participation at the2002 World CupinSouth KoreaandJapan.[2]
The World Cup did not go well and Poland were eliminated in the first round. The opening two games provided two resounding defeats, losing toSouth KoreaandPortugal.After being knocked out of the tournament and now without any pressure to perform, Poland beat theUnited Statesin their final group game for a famous victory.
Second spell in club football
[edit]His most recent vocation was atWisła Krakówwhere he was trainer until late-October 2005 and he has also been sports director ofLegia Warsaw.In December 2005, he moved back in Cyprus and headed the coaching team ofAPOEL.He led the team into the third place of theCypriot Championship,just two points from the top, and won theCypriot Cupas well.
Directorial career
[edit]On 25 June 2015 "Polonia Warsaw Co." under the leadership of Jerzy Engel took over the senior team from the MKS Polonia Warsaw Academy, which helped to reinstate Polonia Warsaw back from nonexistence, to the bottom-half of the 4th tier (third league) of professional football in Poland. Under "Engel's Co." the club returned to the emblem, and the sponsor from the Polish Title winning season (1999/2000).
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]Polonia Warszawa
APOEL
Individual
- Polish Coach of the Year:2000, 2001[3]
References
[edit]- ^"Jerzy Engel - Oficjalna Strona WWW".Archived fromthe originalon 4 February 2010.Retrieved14 February2010.
- ^"BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Poland | Engel blames his players".
- ^"Laureaci".pilkanozna.pl(in Polish).Retrieved21 June2024.
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Apollon Limassol FC managers
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Polish men's footballers
- Polonia Warsaw players
- Polish football managers
- Wisła Kraków managers
- Legia Warsaw managers
- Poland national football team managers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup managers
- People from Włocławek
- Polish people of German descent
- APOEL FC managers
- Polonia Warsaw managers
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC managers
- Aris Limassol FC managers
- Footballers from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
- Men's association football forwards
- Hutnik Warsaw managers
- APOP Paphos FC managers
- Polish expatriate football managers
- Polish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus