Artur Woźniak

Artur Woźniak

Personal information
Full name	Artur Woźniak
Date of birth	(1913-11-10)10 November 1913
Place of birth	Kraków,Poland
Date of death	31 May 1991(1991-05-31)(aged 77)
Place of death	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1944	Wisła Kraków
1945–1947	Wisła Kraków
1948–1949	Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie
International career
1933–1938	Poland	5	(0)
Managerial career
1948–1949	Orzeł Ząbkowice Śląskie (player-manager)
1951	ŁKS-Włókniarz Łódź
	Włókniarz Kraków
1953	Kolejarz Poznań
1953–1954	Pafawag Wrocław
1955	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1956–1957	Wisła Kraków
1959	Wawel Kraków
1962	Pafawag Wrocław
1962–1964	Odra Opole
1964–1966	Ruch Chorzów
1966–1967	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1969–1970	Śląsk Wrocław
1971–1972	Cracovia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Artur Jan Woźniak(10 November 1913 – 31 May 1991) was a Polishfootballerwho played as aforward.

For most of his career, Woźniak was loyal toWisła Kraków,where he played in the years 1931 – 1947,scoring 102 goals in 140 games, and three times becoming vice-champion of the country (1931, 1936, 1947). In 1933 and 1937, Woźniak was top scorer of theEkstraklasa,with 18 and 12 goals.

DuringWorld War II,he was captured by theNaziGerman occupiers, and sent toMauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.After the war, Woźniak remained in Wisła until 1947, then moving to theRecovered Territories,to the newly created clubOrzeł Ząbkowice.Then, he became a coach, working with a number of Polish teams, such asŁKS Łódź,Garbarnia Kraków,Lech Poznań,Zawisza Bydgoszcz,Ruch Chorzów,Zagłębie Sosnowiec,Śląsk Wrocławand Wisła Kraków (1956–1957).

Artur Woźniak's grave at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków

In the mid-1930s, he capped five times for Poland, without scoring a goal.

Honours

Individual

• Ekstraklasatop scorer:1933,1937