Ryszard Komornicki (born 14 August 1959) is a former Polish

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who played as a winger or an

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. He is currently the sporting director of

GKS Tychy GKS Tychy is a Polish professional football club, based in Tychy, Poland, that plays in the Polish I Liga. The club was founded on 20 April 1971. It played in the Ekstraklasa between 1974–1977. The biggest success of GKS Tychy was the 2nd plac ...

Playing career

Born in

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Lower Silesia Lower Silesia ( pl, Dolny Śląsk; cz, Dolní Slezsko; german: Niederschlesien; szl, Dolny Ślōnsk; hsb, Delnja Šleska; dsb, Dolna Šlazyńska; Silesian German: ''Niederschläsing''; la, Silesia Inferior) is the northwestern part of the ...

, Komornicki played for

and

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Poli ...

in his country, winning four

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 ...

championships in a row with the latter club, then moved to

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at the age of 30 where he represented

FC Aarau FC Aarau is a Swiss football club based in Aarau. They play in the Swiss Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football after being relegated from Swiss Super League. History FC Aarau was formed on 26 May 1902 by workers from a local ...

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and FC Kickers Luzern. He acted as

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to the last two teams, retiring at nearly 42. While at

he was part of the side that won the Swiss national title in 1992–93. Komornicki won 20

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for the Poland national team in almost four years and was a participant at the

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, appearing in all three group stage matches (one win, one loss and one draw). He made his debut on 31 October 1984, featuring 20 minutes in a 2–2 friendly draw against

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Mielec Mielec ( yi, מעליץ-Melitz) is the largest city and seat of Mielec County. Mielec is located in south-eastern Poland (Lesser Poland), in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Województwo Podkarpackie). The population of Mielec in December 2021 was ...

Managerial career

Komornicki took up coaching in 1998, going on to be in charge of a host of Swiss clubs for more than 15 years (including Aarau and Wohlen). Interspersed with this, he had two spells with Górnik and worked with

El Gouna FC El Gouna Football Club ( ar, نادي الجونة لكرة القدم), is an Egyptian association football club based in El Gouna, Hurghada, Egypt. The club currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian foot ...

of the

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in the 2011–12 season. On 10 July 2019, Komornicki was appointed as the sporting director of

.Ryszard Komornicki dyrektorem GKS
tychy.pl, 10 July 2019

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Komornicki, Ryszard 1959 births Living people People from Lubin County Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Polish footballers Men's association football midfielders Ekstraklasa players I liga players GKS Tychy players Górnik Zabrze players Swiss Super League players FC Aarau players FC Wohlen players Poland men's international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players Polish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Polish football managers FC Wohlen managers FC Luzern managers FC Baden managers FC Aarau managers FC Wil managers FC Chiasso managers Górnik Zabrze managers Polish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Egypt