Józef Młynarczyk (born 20 September 1953) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a

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. After representing three clubs in his homeland he played out the remainder of his career in France and Portugal, winning seven major titles with

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during his one-and-a-half-season spell. Młynarczyk played more 40 times with

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, appearing in two

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with the country.

Club career

Born in

Nowa Sól Nowa Sól is a city on the Oder River in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It is the capital of Nowa Sól County and had a population of 38,763 (2019). History The first settlement in the region of modern Nowa Sól dates to the 14th century, w ...

, Młynarczyk arrived at

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). History ...

in 1980 aged 27, after playing for three modest clubs. During his four-year spell, in which he was equally first and second-choice, the team won two

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 ...

titles, finishing second in the other two. In the 1982–83 European Cup, he helped Widzew to the semifinals after edging

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in the last-eight (4–3 on aggregate). In 1984, aged 31, Młynarczyk signed with

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football ...

in France. In January 1986 he switched countries again, joining

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

from Portugal, where he won the

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, the Intercontinental Cup and the

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. After an interesting battle for first-choice status with

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, he eventually became the starter – he was in goal for all of these finals – but lost his importance after the emergence of 18-year-old

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, choosing to retire from football in June 1989. Młynarczyk started immediately working with Porto's goalkeepers after his retirement, a position he would also hold at former side Widzew Łódź. On 21 April 2008, he resigned after the latter side hired

Janusz Wójcik Janusz Marek Wójcik (November 18, 1953 – November 20, 2017) was a Polish politician, football player and coach. Playing career He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warszawa, Ravalpandi ...

as manager.

International career

Młynarczyk won 42

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for

during seven years, the first arriving in 1979 whilst in the ranks of lowly

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. He participated – always as starter – with the national team in two

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and

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, finishing in third place in the former edition and being ousted by

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in the round-of-16 in the latter. Młynarczyk would also work as goalkeeping coach for the national team, before being replaced by

Jacek Kazimierski Jacek Kazimierski (born 17 August 1959 in Warsaw) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He began his career in Agrykola Warsaw and later played for Legia Warsaw, Olympiacos and K.A.A. Gent. He won the Polish ...

International

Honours

Club

Widzew Łódź *

: 1980–81, 1981–82 Porto *

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: 1985–86, 1987–88 *

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: 1987–88 *

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; Runner-up

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: 1986–87 * Intercontinental Cup:

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Country

Poland *

: Third-place

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mlynarczyk, Jozef 1953 births Living people People from Nowa Sól Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship Polish footballers Association football goalkeepers Ekstraklasa players Widzew Łódź players Ligue 1 players SC Bastia players Primeira Liga players FC Porto players Poland international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Polish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Portugal Polish expatriate sportspeople in France Polish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal