Piotr Kołc (born 15 July 1987) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of III liga club Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki.

Piotr Kołc
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Gdańsk, Poland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki (manager)
Youth career
0000–2006 Polonia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Polonia Gdańsk
2006–2008 Cartusia Kartuzy 22 (0)
2008–2009 Pogoń Szczecin 16 (0)
2010 Jeziorak Ilawa 12 (2)
2011–2019 Gryf Wejherowo 175 (14)
2019–2020 Sokół Ostróda 16 (1)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Sokół Ostróda (player-manager)
2020 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (assistant)
2021–2024 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
2024 Olimpia Grudziądz (assistant)
2024– Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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He began his career at Polonia Gdańsk on 2006, he then moved on a free transfer to Cartusia Kartuzy on 1 July 2006.

In 2008 he moved to Pogoń Szczecin on another free transfer, but after suffering a serious injury, Kołc was unable to find a starting place in the team and was released on 10 November 2009.[1]

On 1 February 2010 he moved to Jeziorak Ilawa, but he left the club in July after his contract expired.

On 1 January 2011, Kołc joined Gryf Wejherowo.[2] He stayed at Gryf for eight years before joining Sokół Ostróda in 2019 on a free transfer.[3]

He retired in 2020 after playing one season for Sokół.[4]

Coaching career

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After signing for Sokół, in 2019 he held the position of player-manager.[5]

On 3 August 2020, he was appointed Krzysztof Brede's assistant manager at Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala. He left Podbeskidzie on 23 December a week after Brede was sacked.[6]

On 19 January 2021, he became the manager of Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[7] In his first season in charge, Kołc got Zawisza promoted to the III liga, winning the 2020–21 IV liga IV liga Kuyavia-Pomerania group.[8] On 15 June 2022, under Kołc's management, Zawisza won the Kuyavia-Pomerania Polish regional cup,[9] and repeated the same feat in the following campaign.[10] On 2 May 2024, Zawisza announced Kołc would leave the club at the end of June, upon the expiration of his contract.[10]

On 27 June 2024, Kołc joined the management staff of II liga club Olimpia Grudziądz as an assistant under newly appointed manager Grzegorz Niciński.[11]

On 18 September 2024, Kołc left Olimpia to take charge of III liga club Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki.[12]

Honours

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Player

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Gryf Wejherowo

Manager

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Sokół Ostróda

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

References

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  1. ^ "Piotr Kolc odchodzi z Pogoni Szczecin". 90minut.pl.
  2. ^ "Piotr Kolc stats".
  3. ^ "Piotr Kolc piłkarzem Sokoła". 90minut.pl.
  4. ^ "Piotr Kolc odchodzi z Sokoła". 90minut.pl.
  5. ^ "Elbląg – Sokól". Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Robert Kasperczyk trenerem Podbeskidzia". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Piotr Kolc trenerem Zawiszy".
  8. ^ "Zawisza awansowała do III ligi". 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Zawisza Bydgoszcz Wywalczył Puchar" (in Polish). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Piotr Kołc odejdzie z Zawiszy Bydgoszcz" (in Polish). Zawisza Bydgoszcz. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Piotr Kołc w sztabie szkoleniowym Olimpii Grudziądz". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Zmiana trenera w Lechii Tomaszów Mazowiecki -Piotr Kołc na czele drużyny". tomaszow-maz.pl (in Polish). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  13. ^ "III liga 2011/2012, grupa: pomorsko-zachodniopomorska". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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