Janusz Henryk Żmijewski (born 4 March 1943) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

Radzymin Radzymin is a town in Poland and is one of the distant suburbs of the city of Warsaw. It is located in the powiat of Wołomin of the Masovian Voivodeship. The town has 8,818 inhabitants (as of 2008, but the surrounding commune is heavily pop ...

in the

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, he spent most of his career with

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

. After his tenure with Legia he had stints with

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

Avia Świdnik Avia Świdnik is a Polish multi-sports club based in Świdnik, Poland. In the 2021–22 season, the men's football section plays in the Polish III liga, group IV. They have played a total of 21 seasons in II liga. During the 1985–86 season, t ...

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Polonia Warsaw Polonia Warsaw ( pl, Polonia Warszawa, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing Varsovian sports club, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contract ...

MKP Pogoń Siedlce Miejski Klub Piłkarski Pogoń Siedlce is a Polish football club based in Siedlce. The football team is currently playing in II liga. Pogoń plays their home games at new Municipal Stadium, which is situated on John Paul II Road in the town. ...

, and KS Piaseczno. When he finished off his career in Poland he went overseas to Canada to sign with the Toronto Falcons of the

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. During his tenure with Toronto he won the NSL Championship in 1980. He concluded his career with local amateur clubs like Toronto Polonia, Hamilton Legion, and Mississauga Polonia. After his retirement from competitive football he settled in Canada.

International career

He earned 15 caps for

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, scoring 7 goals. He made his debut on 1 November 1965 in a 6–1 loss to

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at the

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for the

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. In his next game, on 8 October 1967 at the

Heysel Stadium The King Baudouin Stadium (french: Stade Roi Baudouin , nl, Koning Boudewijnstadion ) is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. Located in the Heysel district of the City of Brussels, it was built to embellish the Heysel Plateau in v ...

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, he scored a

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in a 4–2 win over Belgium in

for the 1968 European Nations Cup.

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

: 1968–69, 1969–70 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

: 1963–64, 1965–66

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zmijewski, Janusz 1943 births Living people People from Radzymin Polish men's footballers Polish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Legia Warsaw players Poland men's international footballers Footballers from Masovian Voivodeship Toronto Falcons (1975–1982) players Canadian National Soccer League players Ruch Chorzów players Avia Świdnik players A.A.C. Eagles players Polonia Warsaw players MKP Pogoń Siedlce players Ekstraklasa players National Soccer League (Chicago) players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Polish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Polish emigrants to Canada