Peter Bodak

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Bodak

| fullname = Peter John Bodak

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|8|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/142 142] |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00lond/page/142}}

| position = Winger

| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Coventry City

| years1 = 1980–1982 |clubs1 = Coventry City |caps1 = 32 |goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1982 |clubs2 = Manchester United |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1982–1983 |clubs3 = Manchester City |caps3 = 14 |goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1983–1985 |clubs4 = Seiko |caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 1985–1986 |clubs5 = Royal Antwerp |caps5 = |goals5 =

| years6 = 1986–1988 |clubs6 = Crewe Alexandra |caps6 = 53 |goals6 = 7

| years7 = 1988–1989 |clubs7 = Swansea City |caps7 = 31 |goals7 = 4

| years8 = 1989–1990 |clubs8 = Happy Valley |caps8 = |goals8 =

| years9 = 1990–1991 |clubs9 = Walsall |caps9 = 4 |goals9 = 1

| years10 = 1994–1996 |clubs10 = Sutton Coldfield Town |caps10 = |goals10 =

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Peter John Bodak (born 12 August 1961) is an English former footballer who played as a winger.

Career

Born in Birmingham, Bodak was a product of the Coventry City youth system and helped them reach the League Cup semi-finals in 1980–81. He transferred to Manchester United in July 1982,{{Hugman|1797|accessdate=13 March 2018}} but was there for just five months before joining rivals Manchester City without having played for United's first team. At the end of the season, he moved to Hong Kong to play for Seiko, followed by another move to Belgium with Royal Antwerp a year later.{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/peter-bodak/ |title=Peter Bodak |website=worldfootball.net |accessdate=13 March 2018}}

He returned to England with Crewe Alexandra in December 1986, followed by a move to Swansea City in March 1988, where he scored four goals in 31 league appearances, as well as featuring in their 1987–88 Fourth Division play-off final triumph. At the end of the 1988–89 season, he moved back to Hong Kong with Happy Valley.

He subsequently played for Walsall, Sutton Coldfield Town and Atherstone United.{{Cite web |url=http://world.saddlers.co.uk/page/SaddlersAZ/0,,10428~906189,00.html |title=Walsall {{!}} Club {{!}} Saddlers' A-Z {{!}} Saddlers' A-Z {{!}} Ultimate Saddlers A-Z 2 |website=world.saddlers.co.uk |accessdate=13 March 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313093612/http://world.saddlers.co.uk/page/SaddlersAZ/0,,10428~906189,00.html |archivedate=13 March 2018 }}

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