Dawid Szulczek (born 26 January 1990) is a Polish

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manager and former player who manages Ekstraklasa club

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Managerial career

After retiring as a player in 2013, Szulczek started his coaching career as an assistant at Górnik Wesoła. Before the 2014–15 season, he joined

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and held the role of assistant coach until 2017. After head coach Tadeusz Krawiec's dismissal before the last matchday of 17–18 season, he took on the position of interim coach and led Rozwój to a 0–1 II liga win against Gryf Wejherowo on 3 June 2017. On 13 June 2017, Szulczek was recruited by

Artur Skowronek Artur Skowronek (born 22 May 1982) is a Polish football manager. He has managed teams such as Widzew Łódź and Wisła Kraków in the Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019� ...

and joined his staff at

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as an assistant coach. He would follow Skowronek and work in a similar role at Stal Mielec and Wisła Kraków.

Wigry Suwałki

On 21 July 2020, he was appointed as manager of II liga team

. Wigry finished the 2020–21 campaign in 4th, with 18 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses in 36 games. They would subsequently crash out of I liga promotion play-offs in the first round after losing to KKS 1925 Kalisz. He obtained the UEFA Pro license in September 2020, becoming the youngest holder of such certification in Poland at the time.

Warta Poznań

On 8 November 2021, his contract was bought out by Ekstraklasa side

and he signed until the end of the season, with a two-year extension option. On 1 April 2022, his contract was extended until June 2024.

Managerial statistics

References

1990 births Living people People from Świętochłowice Polish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Polish football managers Ekstraklasa managers II liga managers Wigry Suwałki managers Warta Poznań managers Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub