Patryk Rachwał (born 27 January 1981) is a Polish professional

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. He was most recently the manager and youth coordinator of III liga, group I club

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Club career

In June 2007, he moved to

on a three-year contract. In June 2010, he joined

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on a three-year contract. He was released from Polonia one year later. In July 2011, he signed a two-year contract with

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International career

He was a part of the Poland national team, earning four caps from 2003 to 2005.

Managerial career

On 25 June 2021, Rachwał was appointed as the new manager of

. He was dismissed on 15 November, with the team sitting in the relegation zone. On 26 April 2022, he took charge of

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club KP Starogard Gdański. In 2023, he returned to GKS Bełchatów to join their academy as a coordinator for age groups from U14 to U19. On 29 April 2024, following Bogdan Jóźwiak's departure, Rachwał replaced him as GKS' senior team manager on an interim basis until the end of the season. On 7 January 2025, he was appointed manager of GKS again, replacing the outgoing Artur Derbin. Rachwał resigned from his role on 9 June 2025, at the conclusion of the 2024–25 season.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Wisła Płock *

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 ...

: 2005–06 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

: 2006 GKS Bełchatów *

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

: 2013–14

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* * 1981 births Living people Górnik Zabrze players GKS Bełchatów players Polish men's footballers FC Energie Cottbus II players FC Sachsen Leipzig players Widzew Łódź players Wisła Płock players Polonia Warsaw players Zagłębie Lubin players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Footballers from Zabrze Men's association football midfielders Poland men's international footballers Polish football managers GKS Bełchatów managers II liga managers 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub