Kazimierz Kmiecik (born 19 September 1951 in Węgrzce Wielkie) is a Polish former international

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player who played most of his career for

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

, where he played 304 league matches and scored 153 goals. This makes him the best goalscorer in history of the club. He also played for AEL (1982 to 1985) and won the first Greek cup for the history of the team, in 1985. He is today a legend in Larissa and remains a fan favourite. He played 35 matches and scored eight goals for the Poland national team. He was a participant at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

, where Poland won the gold medal, the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...

, where Poland won the bronze medal and

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, where Poland won the silver medal. Several times he was the manager of

, also temporary. On 14 February 2022, he was confirmed as an assistant coach in Wisła, on the day

Jerzy Brzęczek Jerzy Józef Brzęczek (; born 18 March 1971) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. In a professional career which spanned nearly 20 years and brought 42 caps with the Poland national team, Brzęczek played for clubs in ...

was announced as the main manager.

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