- Janusz Kowalik
Infobox Football biography
playername= Janusz Kowalik
fullname = Janusz Antoni Kowalik
nickname =
dateofbirth =
cityofbirth =Nowy Sącz
countryofbirth =Poland
height =
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1954-1967
1968
1968
1969-1974
1974-1975
1976
1976-1977
1977
1978-1979
clubs = CracoviaChicago Mustangs California Clippers Sparta Rotterdam
NECChicago Sting MVV Maastricht Chicago Sting MVV Maastricht
caps(goals) =
028 (30)
123 (67)
025 0(5)
014 0(9)
00? 0(2)
024 0(6)
00? 0(1)
nationalyears = 1965-1966
nationalteam = Poland
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (0)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
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ntupdate =Janusz “John” Kowalik (born
26 March ,1944 inNowy Sącz ) was a Polishsoccer forward who scored prolifically in both the European leagues and theNorth American Soccer League . He was the 1968 NASL MVP.Professional
In 1968, the owners of the
Chicago Mustangs of theNorth American Soccer League (NASL) signed Kowalik. That season, he led the league in scoring with thirty goals in twenty-eight games. This led to his selection as the leagueMVP and a first teamAll Star . At the end of the season, he moved to theCalifornia Clippers . However, the NASL lost most of its teams with all west coast teams, but the Clippers, folding. The Clippers decided to leave the NASL, join a local league and exist on playing exhibition games against foreign teams. In January 1969, the team ownership decided to cease operations and Kowalik returned to Europe where he signed withSparta Rotterdam of the DutchEredivisie . In 1974, he moved to NEC for one season before returning to the NASL with theChicago Sting in 1975. Kowalik played fourteen games, scoring nine goals in 1976. He then returned to the Netherlands to play withMVV Maastricht . In 1977, he returned to the Sting where he scored only one goal in an unknown number of games [ [http://home.att.net/~nasl/teams/sting.txt Chicago Sting All Time Scoring Records] ] before finishing his career in Holland with Maastricht in the 1978-1979 season.National team
He was capped 6 times for the Polish national team.
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