Erwin Wilczek

{{Short description|Polish footballer and manager (1940–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Erwin Wilczek

| image =

| fullname = Erwin Feliks Wilczek

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|11|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Antonienhütte, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (now Wirek, Poland)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|30|1940|11|20|df=y}}

| height = 1.68 m{{cite web |title=Erwin Wilczek |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=41095 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=19 August 2024 |language=pl}}

| position = Midfielder, forward

| youthyears1 = 1950–1954

| youthclubs1 = Wawel Wirek

| youthyears2 = 1954–1958

| youthclubs2 = Zryw Chorzów

| years1 = 1959–1972

| clubs1 = Górnik Zabrze

| caps1 = 293

| goals1 = 96

| years2 = 1973–1975

| clubs2 = Valenciennes

| caps2 = 70

| goals2 = 43

| totalcaps = 363 | totalgoals = 139

| nationalyears1 = 1961–1969

| nationalteam1 = Poland

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 1977–1979

| managerclubs1 = Valenciennes II

| manageryears2 = 1979–1982

| managerclubs2 = Valenciennes

| manageryears3 = 1983–1987

| managerclubs3 = AS Sogara

| manageryears4 = 1989–1991

| managerclubs4 = AS Sogara

}}

Erwin Feliks Wilczek (20 November 1940 – 30 November 2021) was a Polish professional footballer. He started his career as a forward, after some time he was moved to the midfield.[https://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/erwin-wilczek-nie-zyje-czlonek-zlotej-ekipy-gornika-zabrze-mial-81-lat/q2ejlsn.amp Nie żyje Erwin Wilczek, piłkarz złotej ery Górnika Zabrze. Miał 81 lat] {{in lang|pl}}

He holds the record for winning the most Polish domestic competitions as a player, with 15 official titles, all while playing for Górnik Zabrze.{{cite web |title=Erwin Wilczek nie żyje. Rekordzista w liczbie piłkarskich trofeów w polskim futbolu miał 81 lat |url=https://www.sport.pl/pilka/7,64946,27862637,legenda-gornika-zabrze-nie-zyje-erwin-wilczek-mial-81-lat.html |website=sport.pl |access-date=19 August 2024 |language=pl |date=1 December 2021}}