Zbigniew Kociołek (21 January 1945 – 18 September 2024) was a Polish football manager.

Zbigniew Kociołek
Personal information
Date of birth (1945-01-21)21 January 1945
Place of birth Pleszew, Poland
Date of death 18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 79)
Place of death Canada
Managerial career
Years Team
Stoczniowiec Gdańsk
1985–1986 Legia Warsaw (assistant manager)
1987–1988 Lechia Gdańsk
1988–1989 Wisła Płock

Management career

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Kociołek had a brief spell in management roles of football, firstly becoming the manager of Stoczniowiec Gdańsk.[1] Kociołek was the assistant manager at Legia Warsaw for a season,[2] before managing Lechia Gdańsk for a season before being sacked after relegation,[3] and then with Wisła Płock where he led the team to a third-place finish for the 1988–89 season before being sacked halfway through the next season.[4]

Death

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Kociołek died in Canada on 18 September 2024, at the age of 79.[5]

Honours

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Wisła Płock

References

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  1. ^ "Polonia History". poloniagdansk.pl.
  2. ^ "PUCHAR WIELKIEGO MURU CHIŃSKIEGO 1986". legiawarszawa1916-2016.blogspot.com. 2017.
  3. ^ "Trenerzy". lechia.pl.
  4. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk – Wisła Płock. Historia spotkań". lechiahistoria.pl. 9 March 2019.
  5. ^ Zmarł Zbigniew Kociołek (in Polish)