Andrzej Wiśniewski (13 January 1956 – 3 April 2022) was a Polish professional

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Career

In 2001, for a short time Wiśniewski managed

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (''Wisła Płock S.A.''), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national foot ...

, which fell to the second division. In 2002, he coached the Palestine national team. Later he worked with 3rd and 2nd league teams, including with

Jeziorak Iława Jeziorak Iława is a Polish football club based in Iława, Poland. It was founded in 1945. The team's official colors are white and blue. Jeziorak played in the second division for five years and spent multiple seasons at the third level of Polish ...

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, which was promoted in the 2004–05 season to the second league, but after several defeats in its class tournament he was released. He was also assistant to

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in the 1999–2000 championship. On 26 April 2006, Wiśniewski became the coach of the first team of Polonia Warsaw, succeeding

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, but he stayed in this position for too long and became sports director of Polonia. Then he resumed in the third league adventure

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, which, however, lost in Division II playoffs. He was replaced by Artur Polehojko. In autumn 2007, he signed the contract and took over manager function of the

KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski () is a Polish football club based in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland. It was founded on August 11, 1929. History Initially, a club called ''Ostrovia'' existed in the city. It was established between 1922 and 1 ...

on 1 January 2008.

Death

Wiśniewski died of a

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on 3 April 2022, at the age of 66.

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at Soccerpunter.com 1956 births 2022 deaths People from Giżycko Polish footballers Men's association football defenders Hutnik Warsaw players Polish football managers Expatriate football managers in the State of Palestine Palestine national football team managers Polish expatriate football managers Wisła Płock managers Jeziorak Iława managers Polonia Warsaw managers KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski managers Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship {{Poland-footy-bio-stub