Marek Motyka

Marek Motyka

Personal information
Date of birth	17 April 1958 (1958-04-17) (age 53)
Place of birth	Żywiec, Poland
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1974–1975	Koszarawa Zywiec
1975–1978	Hutnik Kraków
1978–1989	Wisła Kraków	323	(17)
1990	SK Brann	8	(0)
1991	Hetman Zamosc
1991–1993	Cracovia
National team
1980	Poland	8	(0)
Teams managed
2005	Górnik Zabrze
2006	Górnik Zabrze
2007	Górnik Zabrze
2008–2009	Polonia Bytom
2010–2011	Kolejarz Stróże
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marek Motyka (born April 17, 1958 in Żywiec) is a former Polish footballer and now a coach of Kolejarz Stróże.

Player career

Club

Marek Motyka began his career with two hometown clubs: Sole and Koszarawa Żywiec. Later he played for Hutnik Kraków, and in the beginning of 1978 moved to Wisła Kraków. In 1990, he played for the Norwegian club SK Brann.^[1] He eventually returned to Poland to play for Hetman Zamość, Cracovia, Kalwarianka Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and Garbarz Zembrzyce. Motyka played in 224 matches and scored 6 goals in the Polish 1st Division.

National team

In addition, he represented Poland on 8 different occasions.^[2]

Coaching career

Motyka began his coaching career at Szczakowianka Jaworzno which he managed from May 21, 2002 to May 22, 2003. He managed Tłoki Gorzyce after his time in Jaworzno. On July 1, 2004, Polonia Warsaw hired Motyka with the goal of avoiding degradation. On July 15, 2005 he was replaced by Dariusz Kubicki. On November 4, 2005 he joined Górnik Zabrze and managed to save the team from degradation to the Polish Second Division. Between January and April 2006 he was temporarily replaced by Ryszard Komornicki, but replaced soon after. On December 12, 2006 he was released by Górnik. Zdzisław Podedworny soon took the position at Gornik Zabrze. He was hired once again in March 2007, after the 2nd round of the spring 2007 season by Gornik Zabrze. On July 9, 2008, Motyka was appointed as manager of Polonia Bytom. In 2009, he joined Korona Kielce.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.n3sport.no/histstatteams/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=209163
2. ^ http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?dzial=his_rep&litera=L-M
3. ^ http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/marek-motyka/

• Marek Motyka at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Motyka, Marek
Alternative names
Short description	Polish footballer
Date of birth	April 17, 1958
Place of birth	Żywiec, Poland
Date of death
Place of death