Dariusz Wdowczyk

{{Short description|Polish footballer and manager}}

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| name = Dariusz Wdowczyk

| image = Dariusz Wdowczyk 2013.jpg

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| fullname = Dariusz Wdowczyk{{Hugman|20680|access-date=13 March 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|9|25}}

| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Left-back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1979–1983

| years2 = 1983–1989

| years3 = 1989–1994

| years4 = 1994–1998

| years5 = 1998

| clubs1 = Gwardia Warsaw

| clubs2 = Legia Warsaw

| clubs3 = Celtic

| clubs4 = Reading

| clubs5 = Polonia Warsaw

| caps1 = 71

| caps2 = 206

| caps3 = 116

| caps4 = 82

| caps5 = 5

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 17

| goals3 = 4

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Poland U18

| nationalcaps1 =

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| nationalyears2 = 1984–1992

| nationalteam2 = Poland

| nationalcaps2 = 53

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1998–2000

| manageryears2 = 2000–2001

| manageryears3 = 2001–2002

| manageryears4 = 2002–2004

| manageryears5 = 2005–2007

| manageryears6 = 2007–2008

| manageryears7 = 2013–2014

| manageryears8 = 2016

| manageryears9 = 2017

| managerclubs1 = Polonia Warsaw

| managerclubs2 = Wisła Płock

| managerclubs3 = Widzew Łódź

| managerclubs4 = Korona Kielce

| managerclubs5 = Legia Warsaw

| managerclubs6 = Polonia Warsaw

| managerclubs7 = Pogoń Szczecin

| managerclubs8 = Wisła Kraków

| managerclubs9 = Piast Gliwice

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's football}}

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

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-18 Championship}}

{{Medal|RU|1980 East Germany|}}

{{Medal|RU|1981 West Germany|}}

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Dariusz Wdowczyk (born 25 September 1962) is a Polish former professional football manager and player.{{cite web |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/281/news2810743-Waldemar-Fornalik-trenerem-Piasta.html |title=Waldemar Fornalik trenerem Piasta |publisher=90minut |date=19 September 2017 |access-date=20 September 2017|language=pl}} He played for Gwardia Warsaw, Legia Warsaw, Celtic, Reading, and Polonia Warsaw. He has subsequently carved out a career in football management.

On 13 April 2007, he was replaced as manager of Legia Warsaw by Jacek Zieliński, following a run of bad results.{{cite news | date=2007-04-13 | url=http://legia.com/index.php?id=news&news_id=657&kat_id=21&s_id=aktual&ver=1 | title=Trener Wdowczyk odchodzi z Legii | work=legia.com | language=pl | access-date=2007-04-20}}

He joined Livingston as their new sporting director on 28 June 2007, to assist new manager Mark Proctor, his main objective was to investigate the foreign market, in particular the Eastern European market. It was announced on 30 October 2007 that Wdowczyk was to leave Livingston to embark on a second spell as manager of Polonia Warsaw.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/7070400.stm |title=Wdowczyk leaves Livi for Poland |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=30 October 2007 |access-date=13 March 2017}}

In 2008, he was convicted for his involvement in the 2003–2005 match-fixing scandal, and received a seven-year ban from the Polish Football Association Disciplinary Committee, which was lated reduced to four years.

After leaving Piast Gliwice in 2017, Wdowczyk joined Polsat Sport's coverage team as a pundit, and has since stated he had no intention of returning to coaching.{{cite web |last1=Smyk |first1=Damian |title=PRASA. Wdowczyk: Nie wrócę już do trenowania. Odmawiam bardzo świadomie |url=https://weszlo.com/2021/09/29/prasa-wdowczyk-nie-wroce-juz-do-trenowania-odmawiam-bardzo-swiadomie/ |website=weszlo.com |access-date=3 August 2024 |language=pl |date=29 September 2021}}