Adam Musiał

{{Short description|Polish footballer and manager (1948–2020)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Adam Musiał

| image =Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0716-0306, Fußball-WM, VR Polen - Brasilien 1-0 (Adam Musiał).jpg

| fullname = Adam Musiał

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|12|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wieliczka, Poland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|18|1948|12|18|df=y}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sport.pl/pilka/7,64946,26522278,nie-zyje-adam-musial-legenda-reprezentacji-polski-mial-71.html |title=Nie żyje Adam Musiał, Orzeł Górskiego. Legenda polskiej piłki. Miał 71 lat |website=Sport.pl|access-date=18 November 2020|language=pl}}

| death_place = Kraków, Poland[https://sport.tvp.pl/50854328/zmarl-adam-musial-wspomnienie-jan-tomaszewski-henryk-kasperczak Pierwszy wodzirej kadry Górskiego. "Kaziu kompletuje w niebie drużynę"]

| position = Defender

| height = {{height|meter=1.75}}

| youthyears1 = 1955–1967

| youthclubs1 = Górnik Wieliczka

| years1 = 1967–1977

| years2 = 1978–1980

| years3 = 1980–1983

| years4 = 1985–1987

| clubs1 = Wisła Kraków

| clubs2 = Arka Gdynia

| clubs3 = Hereford United

| clubs4 = Yonkers Polish American Eagles

| caps1 = 227

| caps2 = 57

| caps3 = 46

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 1968–1974

| nationalteam1 = Poland

| nationalcaps1 = 34

|nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1989–1992

| manageryears2 = 1992–1993

| manageryears3 = 1993–1995

| manageryears4 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs1 = Wisła Kraków

| managerclubs2 = Lechia Gdańsk

| managerclubs3 = Stal Stalowa Wola

| managerclubs4 = GKS Katowice

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|3rd|1974 West Germany|}}

}}

Adam Musiał (18 December 1948 – 18 November 2020) was a Polish football player and manager.

He played for clubs such as Wisła Kraków, Arka Gdynia, Hereford United (England){{Cite web |url=http://www.bullsnews.co.uk/archive/players/musial.htm |title = HU-FC.co.uk - Hereford United Online |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721151106/http://www.bullsnews.co.uk/archive/players/musial.htm |archive-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} and Eagles Yonkers New York (USA).

He played for Poland national team, for which he played 34 matches.{{cite web|author1=Mamrud, Roberto |author2=Stokkermans, Karel |author3=Arnhold, Matthias |title=Poland - Record International Players|website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/pol-recintlp.html|date=2009-07-16}}

He was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the third place.

After he retired from playing, Musiał became a football manager. He led Wisła Kraków, and Piłka nożna named him the manager of the year for 1991.{{cite news|publisher=RMF FM|title=Nie żyje Adam Musiał, medalista piłkarskich MŚ w 1974 roku|url=https://www.rmf24.pl/sport/news-nie-zyje-adam-musial-medalista-pilkarskich-ms-w-1974-roku,nId,4862865#crp_state=1|language=pl|date=18 November 2020}}