Lesław Ćmikiewicz

Lesław Ćmikiewicz
	Ćmikiewicz in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	25 August 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Wrocław, Poland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1970	Śląsk Wrocław
1970–1979	Legia Warsaw
1980–1981	New York Arrows (indoor)
1981	Chicago Horizon (indoor)
International career
1970–1979	Poland
Managerial career
1982–1985	Motor Lublin
1985–1986	Stal Rzeszów
1986	Górnik Zabrze
1987–1988	Hutnik Kraków
1988–1989	Pogoń Szczecin
1989–1990	Gwardia Warsaw
1993	Poland (caretaker)
1994	RKS Radomsko
1999–2001	Poland U21
2005–2006	Tur Turek
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Poland
FIFA World Cup
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lesław Ćmikiewicz (born 25 August 1948^[1] in Wrocław) is a Polish former professional football manager and former player. He played for Polish clubs including Śląsk Wrocław and Legia Warsaw.^[2] He also played for the New York Arrows and Chicago Horizon in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Ćmikiewicz played for the Poland national team, for which he earned 57 caps.^[3] He was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the gold medal; at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal and at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal.

As a coach, he coached a few Polish football clubs, including Stal Rzeszów^[4] and later most notably and briefly, the Poland national team and the Poland U21 team. He most recently worked as an assistant coach at Cracovia in 2008.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Poland	1970	5
	1971	2
	1972	8
	1973	14
	1974	10
	1975	6
	1976	6
	1977	0
	1978	3
	1979	3
Total		57

Legia Warsaw^[5]

Poland^[5]

Orders

^ As stated by his birth certificate; he himself claims to have been born more than one year earlier, on 3 May 1947
^ "Lesław Ćmikiewicz".
^ "Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci". Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
^ "Trenerzy". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Lesław Ćmikiewicz". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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