Hieronim Barczak

{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1953)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hieronim Barczak

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Hieronim Stefan Barczak

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|8|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Poznań, Poland

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1970

| youthclubs1 = Polonia Poznań

| years1 = 1970–1971 | clubs1 = Przemysław Poznań

| years2 = 1971 | clubs2 = Polonia Poznań

| years3 = 1972–1986 | clubs3 = Lech Poznań | caps3 = 369 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1986–1988 | clubs4 = FF Södertälje

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Poland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1980

| nationalteam2 = Poland

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1990–1991

| managerclubs1 = Lech Poznań II

| manageryears2 = 1991–1993

| managerclubs2 = Lech Poznań (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 1994–1996

| managerclubs3 = Astra Krotoszyn

| manageryears4 = 1996–1998

| managerclubs4 = Postęp Sielinko

| manageryears5 = 1999–2001

| managerclubs5 = Obra Zbąszyń

| manageryears6 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs6 = Jarota Jarocin

| manageryears7 = 2004–2005

| managerclubs7 = Concordia Murowana Goślina

| manageryears8 = 2006

| managerclubs8 = Jarota Jarocin

| manageryears9 = 2007

| managerclubs9 = Phytopharm Klęka

| manageryears10 = 2009

| managerclubs10 = Phytopharm Klęka

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Hieronim Stefan Barczak (born 27 September 1953) is a Polish former professional football manager and player who played as a defender.{{cite web |title=Prawdziwy weteran Lecha |url=https://www.lechpoznan.pl/news,2,prawdziwy-weteran-lecha,25451.html |publisher=Lech Poznań |access-date=26 August 2024 |language=pl |date=9 November 2016}} He was also capped 8 times for the Poland national team in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/hieronim-barczak/ |title=Hieronim Barczak |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=3 October 2021}}

His football career started in 1967 at Polonia Poznań, before moving to Lech Poznań, where he spent fourteen seasons, most of it as the team's captain. He is the most capped player in Lech's history, with 435 matches played, including 367 top division appearances (167 of which were consecutive), which is also a club record.{{cite web |title="Hirek Niezastąpiony" |url=https://www.lechpoznan.pl/aktualnosci,2,hirek-niezastapiony,33845.html |publisher=Lech Poznań |access-date=26 August 2024 |language=pl |date=27 August 2018}} He moved to Swedish side FF Södertälje in 1986, before his retirement from professional football in 1988.{{cite web|publisher=90 Minut|title=Hieronim Barczak|url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=65|language=Polish|accessdate=2010-03-03}}