Tomasz Motyka (born 31 December 1972) is a former footballer who played as a defender. He started his career playing in the youth sides of

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

alongside his brother

Grzegorz Motyka Grzegorz Motyka (born 1967) is a Polish historian and author specializing in the history of Poland–Ukraine relations. Since 1992 he served at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and at the Institute of National ...

. His Lechia debut came on 21 August 1991 in the Polish Cup against

Polonia Chodzież Polonia Chodzież is a Polish sports club from Chodzież, Greater Poland. It currently only has a men's and youth association football section. The club used to be a multi-sports club with many other sports and teams. The club's table tennis te ...

, having to wait another two years for his next appearance for the club, this time coming in the II liga. In total Motyka spent seven seasons with the Lechia first team, but struggled to make an impact and stake a claim to a consistent starting position. He made 37 appearances for Lechia in the second and third divisions, and made a total of 41 appearances for Lechia in all competitions. In 1997 he stopped playing football to pursue other work, returning to Lechia in 2007 to coach in the Lechia academy eventually rising to becoming a "team leader" working with the Lechia Gdańsk II team. In 2017 he became managing director of Lechia Gdańsk, a position he held until 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Motyka, Tomasz 1972 births Living people Footballers from Gdańsk Footballers from Pomeranian Voivodeship Lechia Gdańsk players Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders