Marek Motyka (born 17 April 1958 in Żywiec) is a Polish football manager and former

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, currently in charge of LKS Śledziejowice.

Player career

Club

Marek Motyka began his career with two hometown clubs: Sole and Koszarawa Żywiec. Later he played for

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, and in the beginning of 1978 moved to

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. In 1990, he played for the Norwegian club SK Brann. He eventually returned to Poland to play for Hetman Zamość,

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, Kalwarianka Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and Garbarz Zembrzyce. Motyka played in 224 matches and scored 6 goals in the Polish 1st Division.

National team

In addition, he represented Poland on 8 different occasions.

Coaching career

Motyka began his coaching career at

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which he managed from 21 May 2002, to 22 May 2003. He managed

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after his time in Jaworzno. On 1 July 2004 Polonia Warsaw hired Motyka with the goal of avoiding degradation. On 15 July 2005 he was replaced by

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. On 4 November 2005 he joined Górnik Zabrze and managed to save the team from degradation to the Polish Second Division. Between January and April 2006 he was temporarily replaced by

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, but replaced soon after. On 12 December 2006, he was released by Górnik. Zdzisław Podedworny soon took the position at Gornik Zabrze. He was hired once again in March 2007, after the 2nd round of the spring 2007 season by Gornik Zabrze. On 9 July 2008 Motyka was appointed as manager of Polonia Bytom. In 2009, he joined

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References

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