Adam Musiał (18 December 1948 – 18 November 2020) was a Polish

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and

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. He played for clubs such as

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The h ...

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...

(England) and Eagles Yonkers New York (USA). He played for Poland national team, for which he played 34 matches. He was a participant at the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

, where Poland won the third place. After he retired from playing, Musiał became a football manager. He led Wisła Kraków, and

Piłka nożna Piłka or Pilka may refer to the following places: * Piłka, Chodzież County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Piłka, Czarnków-Trzcianka County in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Piłka, Międzychód County ...

named him the manager of the year for 1991.

Honours

Player

Arka Gdynia *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 1978–79 Poland *

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third place:

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

Manager

Individual * Polish Coach of the Year: 1991

References

1948 births 2020 deaths People from Wieliczka Footballers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship Men's association football defenders Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Arka Gdynia players Wisła Kraków players Hereford United F.C. players Ekstraklasa players English Football League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Polish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Polish football managers Wisła Kraków managers Lechia Gdańsk managers Stal Stalowa Wola managers GKS Katowice managers Ekstraklasa managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1940s-stub