Erwin Wilczek

Football player infobox
playername= Erwin Wilczek


fullname = Erwin Feliks Wilczek
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1940|11|20
cityofbirth = Wirek
countryofbirth = Poland
height =
currentclub =
position = Striker
youthyears = 1950-1954
1954-1958
youthclubs = Wawel Wirek
Zryw Chorzów
years = 1959-1972
1973-1975
clubs = Górnik Zabrze
US Valenciennes
caps(goals) =
70 (43)
nationalyears = 1961-1969
nationalteam = Poland
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (2)
manageryears = 1979-1982
managerclubs = US Valenciennes

Erwin Wilczek (born November 20, 1940 in Wirek, a district of Ruda Śląska), is a retired Polish soccer player, who is most famous for his 1960s performances in both Górnik Zabrze and the Polish National Team.

Wilczek started as a forward, after some time he was moved to midfield. He began career in a local team Wawel Wirek, in 1954 moved to Zryw Chorzów, and in 1959 - to Górnik Zabrze, where he stayed until 1973. Wilczek played in 293 Ekstraklasa games as well as in 101 games of various competitions (Cup of Poland, European Cups). In the Polish League he scored 96 goals, together with Gornik he was 9 times champion of Poland (1959, 1961, 1963-1967, 1971, 1972), won Cup of Poland 6 times (1965, 1968-1972), and in 1970 reached final game of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Between 1961 and 1969 he capped 16 times for Poland, scoring two goals. [ [http://kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=S Kadra.pl] ] In 1973 Wilczek moved to France, where he played for US Valenciennes, becoming the top scorer of the French Second Division. Then he took up the job of a coach, among others working in Africa, for the team AS Sogara Port Gentil from Gabon.

References

cite book
author=Barreaud, Marc | title=Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997) | year=1998 | publisher=L'Harmattan, Paris | isbn=2-7384-6608-7