Mieczyslaw Dziadulewicz (born 29 January 1960) is an English former

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who played as a

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Club career

Dziadulewicz began his career at

Southend United Southend United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of English football. Southend are known as ...

, signing professional forms in 1978, after joining the club at youth level. Following his release from Southend at the end of the 1977–78 season, Dziadulewicz signed for Southern League club

Chelmsford City Chelmsford City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Currently members of they play at the Melbourne Stadium. History Chelmsford Chelmsford Football Club was established in 1878 by members o ...

. In February 1979, following a successful trial, Dziadulewicz signed for hometown club

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. Dziadulewicz made two

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appearances for Wimbledon, before moving to Finland, signing for

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

. In 1979, following two goals in eight league games for KuPS, Dzidulewicz re-signed for Wimbledon, scoring once in 26 league appearances during his time there. In 1981, Dziadulewicz signed for

FC Haka FC Haka is a Finnish football club based in the industry town of Valkeakoski. It is currently competing in Finland's premier division of football, Veikkausliiga. It is one of the most successful clubs in Finland, with nine Finnish championships a ...

. Dziadulewicz routinely switched between Haka and Chelmsford City, playing for Haka in the summer and Chelmsford in the winter, during the domestic winter break in Finland. Dziadulewicz subsequently played for Finnish clubs OTP, OLS,

FC Ilves Tampereen Ilves (; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. They currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of professional football in Finland. They were formed in 1975 as a merger between Ilves-Kissat Tam ...

, FC Tigers and FC Oulu. During the 1992–93 season, Dziadulewicz played for

Canvey Island Canvey Island is a town, civil parishes in England, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office ...

. Dziadulewicz later played for

Saffron Walden Town Saffron Walden Town Football Club is a football club based in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at Catons Lane. History The club was established as Saffron Walden in 1872 and are the oldest senior footb ...

in the

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Managerial career

In 2007, Dziadulewicz took up a player-manager role at

Tervarit Tervarit is a football and futsal club based in Oulu, Finland. It plays currently in the Finnish fourth tier Kolmonen. Notable former players * Mark Dziadulewicz * Raphael Edereho * Otto Fredrikson * Ismaila Jagne * Jani Kauppila * Juho ...

. In 2008, following a coaching role at

AC Oulu AC Oulu (ACO) is a Finnish football club based in Oulu. Formed in 2002, the club have played two seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and seven seasons in the second highest league Ykkönen. The club are currently playing ...

, Dziadulewicz was appointed manager of

JIPPO JIPPO is a Finnish football club, based in Joensuu. It plays in the Kakkonen, the third highest level of Finnish football. Jippo plays its home matches at Mehtimäki, Joensuu. JIPPO was formed in 2001 after the merger of JiiPee and Ratanat&nb ...

. After leaving JIPPO in 2010, Dziadulewicz took up a coaching role at

JoPS Joensuun Palloseura (abbreviated JoPS) is a association football, football club from Joensuu, Finland. JoPS is Joensuu's oldest football club having been formed in 1929. The club has competed in the second tier of Finnish football over 6 seasons, ...

. Ahead of the

2015 Kakkonen A total of 40 teams will contest the league divided into four groups, Eteläinen (Southern), Pohjoinen (Northern), Läntinen (Western) and Itäinen (Eastern). 29 returning from the 2014 season, two relegated from Ykkönen and nine promoted from Kol ...

season, Dziadulewicz returned to JIPPO as manager. In November 2017,

SC Riverball Soccer Club Riverball is a football club from Joensuu in Finland. The club was formed in 2006 and their home ground is at the Rantakylä. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen (Level 3 of the Finnish League System). The Chairman ...

announced the appointment of Dziadulewicz ahead of the 2018 season.

References

1960 births Living people Men's association football midfielders English men's footballers English football managers English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland English expatriate sportspeople in Finland Footballers from the London Borough of Merton People from Wimbledon, London Southend United F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Wimbledon F.C. players Kuopion Palloseura players FC Haka players Ilves (football) players Canvey Island F.C. players Saffron Walden Town F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players Essex Senior Football League players Mestaruussarja players Veikkausliiga players English people of Polish descent Association football coaches Oulun Työväen Palloilijat players Tervarit players Oulun Luistinseura players {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub