Andrzej Bogumił Wiśniewski (13 January 1956 – 3 April 2022) was a Polish professional

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and

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Career

In 2001, Wiśniewski briefly managed

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (Wisła Płock S.A.), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship. They will compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season after wi ...

, which suffered relegation to the second division. In 2002, he coached the Palestine national team. Later he worked with third and second tier teams, including Jeziorak Iława and Drwęca Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, which was promoted in the 2004–05 season to the second league, but after several defeats at the start of the following campaign, Wiśniewski left the club. On 26 April 2006, Wiśniewski was appointed manager of

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, succeeding Jan Żurek, before becoming the club's

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shortly after. Then, he resumed coaching in 2007, when he joined

Unia Janikowo KS Unia Janikowo is a Polish football club based in Janikowo, Poland, founded in 1958. They withdrew from the 2022–23 III liga The 2022–23 III liga season was the 15th edition of the fourth tier domestic division in the Polish football le ...

. In autumn 2007, he signed a contract to take over as manager of KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski from 1 January 2008.

Death

Wiśniewski died of a

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on 3 April 2022, at the age of 66.

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at Soccerpunter.com 1956 births 2022 deaths Sportspeople from Giżycko Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Pogoń Szczecin players Hutnik Warsaw players Polish football managers Expatriate football managers in Palestine Palestine national football team managers Polish expatriate football managers Hutnik Warsaw managers Jeziorak Iława managers Wisła Płock managers Polonia Warsaw managers KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers II liga managers Polish sports executives and administrators Polish football executives 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1950s-stub