Andrzej Głownia (born 9 November 1951) was a Polish

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who played as a

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Biography

Głownia started his career with

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

in 1969, making his debut in the team on 12 October 1969 in the 8–0 win against

Gwardia Koszalin Gwardia Koszalin is a Polish multisports club, founded in 1946 in the northern city of Koszalin. Besides football, Gwardia supports other departments - handball, boxing, and judo. The departments are autonomous, and have their own, separate bud ...

. This proved to be his only appearance during his first spell with Lechia, joining Flota Gdynia the season after. While at Flota the team were involved in a friendly with

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). History ...

who expressed an interest in Głownia after the match, however Głownia stated that the only club he wished to play for was with Lechia, a situation that was realised in 1972 when he returned to the club. During his second spell with Lechia he played 8 seasons in the

II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' referr ...

, making a total of 204 appearances in the league during this time. In all competitions over his two spells with Lechia, Głownia made 217 appearances and scored 28 goals. In 1980 Głownia was given the chance to play in the

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga vi ...

with

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The history of Arka dates back to ...

. This was his only season with Arka, making 9 appearances and scoring 1 goal in Poland's top division. At the end of the 1980–81 season Głownia retired from playing. At the end of his playing career Głownia became a newsagent.

References

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