Dariusz Wójtowicz (born 23 August 1965) is a Polish professional

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and former

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who played as a

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. He is mostly known for his spells with

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

and

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, ...

during his playing career, before going on to manage lower league clubs.

Career

Football

Lechia Gdańsk

Born in Gdańsk, Wójtowicz started playing football with his local team

. He joined the Lechia first team in 1982, in what would become an historic period for the club. The 1982–83 season saw Lechia winning the III liga with Wójtowicz playing in five games of Lechias winning

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run, beating

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...

in the final 2–1. The following season, he played in the

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final as Lechia won by beating the Polish champions

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

1–0. He also played in both games as Lechia faced European footballing giants

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in a European competition due to the previous season's cup win. Lechia also won promotion to the top division that season by winning the

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for the 1983–84 season. He played in the top division for Lechia for the first time on 11 August 1984 as Lechia drew 1–1 with

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. His final appearance for Lechia came on 27 April 1986, playing a total of 37 games for Lechia in the top division, and making 82 appearances and scoring 6 goals in all competitions during his time at Lechia.

Wisła Kraków

In 1986, he joined

. After originally starting in the second tier with Wisła he helped the team win promotion by finishing runners up in the 1987–88 II liga and finished third in the 1990–91 I liga. In total over the course of seven seasons Wójtowicz played 200 times for Wisła, with 140 of those appearances coming in the league.

Later years

Wójtowicz had six month spells with

Pogoń Szczecin Pogoń Szczecin Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Pogoń Szczecin (), is a Polish professional football club based in Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national football league s ...

and

Polonia Warsaw Polonia Warsaw (, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing sports club in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, best known for its Association football, football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, Swimming (sport), swimm ...

. He spent the final two seasons of his playing career in Austria playing with ASV Schrems, retiring from playing in 1996.

Management

Wójtowicz started his managerial career with

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

in 2001. After ŁKS, he had spells with lower league clubs Proszowianka Proszowice, Świt Krzeszowice,

Kmita Zabierzów Kmita Zabierzów () is a multi-sports club, best known for its association football, football section, based in Zabierzów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Lesser Poland, Poland. The club belongs to the Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe, LZS sports clubs' union ...

, and a role as caretaker manager at Kolejarz Stróże. In 2009, he joined

Sandecja Nowy Sącz Sandecja Nowy Sącz is a Polish football club from Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, that was formed in 1910. In the 2025–26 season, they will compete in II liga, the third tier of Polish football, after winning group IV of the 2024–2 ...

, finishing third in the I liga that season. He became manager of

Puszcza Niepołomice MKS Puszcza Niepołomice () is a professional association football, football club located in Niepołomice, Poland. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The team's colors are yellow, white and gr ...

in 2011, spending 4 seasons with the club. In 2015, he rejoined Sandecja as manager, before leaving the role four months later.

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk * II liga West: 1983–84 *

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: 1982–83 *

: 1983 Poland U18 *

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third place:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wójtowicz, Dariusz 1965 births Living people Footballers from Gdańsk Footballers from Pomeranian Voivodeship Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Wisła Kraków players Pogoń Szczecin players Polonia Warsaw players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Polish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Polish football managers ŁKS Łódź managers Kmita Zabierzów managers Kolejarz Stróże managers Sandecja Nowy Sącz managers I liga managers II liga managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen