Piotr Mowlik (born 21 April 1951) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| Date of birth | 21 April 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rybnik, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | LZS Orzepowice | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1970 | ROW Rybnik | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Unia Racibórz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1977 | Legia Warsaw | 131 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1983 | Lech Poznań | 153 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1981 | Poland | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Tur Turek | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Mieszko Gniezno | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editClub
editIn 1965, Mowlik began as an apprentice with LZS Orzepowice. In 1966, he signed as a professional with ROW Rybnik where he played until 1970. That year, he also briefly played for Unia Racibórz. In 1971, he joined Legia Warsaw where he played 131 games. He then transferred to Lech Poznań in 1977. In 1983, he moved to the United States where he joined the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent the 1985–86 season behind starter David Brcic, appearing in just one game. On 1 March 1986, the Spirit sold his contract to the Tacoma Stars and he played his first game in Tacoma four days later.[2]
National
editHe earned 21 caps for the Poland national team and was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal, and also at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.
International
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Conceded
Goals |
Clean
Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1974 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1976 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 13 | 12 | 5 | |
| 1981 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 21 | 16 | 10 | |
Personal life
editHe is the father of professional footballer Mariusz Mowlik and uncle of professional footballer David Topolski.[3]
Honours
edit- Legia Warsaw
- Polish Cup: 1972–73[4]
- Lech Poznań[4]
- Ekstraklasa: 1982–83
- Polish Cup: 1981–82
Poland[4]
- Olympic silver medal: 1976
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1982
- Individual
- Lech Poznań All-time XI[5]
References
edit- ^ "Piotr Mowlik". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ NEW GOALIE SAVES STARS' TRIUMPH Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Tuesday, 4 March 1986
- ^ http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=1414 90minut.pl profile
- ^ a b c "Piotr Mowlik". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "PKO Ekstraklasa. Lech Poznań wybrał jedenastkę wszech czasów". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.