"Boniek" redirects here. For the Zbigniew Boniek's father, see Józef Boniek. For the Honduran footballer, see Óscar Boniek García.
Zbigniew Boniek
Boniek in 2015
UEFA Vice President
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 April 2021
President
Aleksander Čeferin
Vice President
Karl-Erik Nilsson (as first vice-president)
26th President of the PZPN
In office 26 October 2012 – 18 August 2021
Preceded by
Grzegorz Lato
Succeeded by
Cezary Kulesza
Personal details
Born
(1956-03-03) 3 March 1956 (age 68)[1] Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation
Footballer
Football administrator
Association football career
Position(s)
Midfielder
Forward
Sweeper
Youth career
1966–1973
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1973–1975
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
41
(14)
1975–1982
Widzew Łódź
172
(50)
1982–1985
Juventus
81
(14)
1985–1988
Roma
76
(17)
Total
367
(95)
International career
1976–1988
Poland
80
(24)
Managerial career
1990–1991
Lecce
1991–1992
Bari
1992–1993
Sambenedettese
1994–1996
Avellino
2002
Poland
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Poland
FIFA World Cup
1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Zbigniew Boniek (Polish pronunciation:[ˈzbiɡɲɛvˈbɔɲɛk];[a] born 3 March 1956) is a Polish former footballer and manager as well as a current UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time,[2] and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004.[3]
In an 80-cap international career, Boniek scored 24 goals and played at three consecutive World Cups, helping Poland to 3rd place in 1982 and making the Team of the Tournament. His greatest achievements in club football were at Juventus in Italy, winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia, European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, and European Super Cup between 1983 and 1985, being the first Polish footballer to win a confederation title and one of the first Central and Eastern European players to do so with a non-conational club.
In the early 1990s, Boniek managed several Italian clubs, and also the Poland national team in 2002. In 2019, he was inducted in the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
^UEFA.com (5 April 2017). "Zbigniew Boniek | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^"Zbigniew Boniek". PlanetWorldCup.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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