Andrzej Iwan

Andrzej Iwan

Personal information
Full name	Andrzej Iwan
Date of birth	(1959-11-10) 10 November 1959 (age 52)
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1968–1975	Wanda Kraków
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1976–1985	Wisła Kraków	198	(69)
1985–1987	Górnik Zabrze	68	(21)
1988–1989	VfL Bochum	30	(2)
1989	Górnik Zabrze	3	(0)
1990–1991	Aris Thessaloniki
1992	Górnik Zabrze	1	(0)
National team
1978–1987	Poland	29	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Andrzej Iwan (born 10 November 1959 in Kraków) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker. He is a father to Bartosz Iwan.

Career

Club

He made first steps on a long football career in Wanda Krakow, but it was Wisła Kraków, he moved in 1976, where he entered professional football contributing a great deal to the title in 1978. He played 198 games and scored 69 goals for Wisła Kraków, before he was transferred to Górnik Zabrze. In next two years he proved to be a key player for a new team, dominant force in the middle of 80s in Polish football. As he started career as a striker, he experienced transformation in Górnik Zabrze into a playmaker. The last years of his professional career he spent abroad (VFL Bochum, Aris Saloniki) punctuated by short returns to Górnik Zabrze. He won four Polish Championships (Wisła and Górnik) and end up with 226 games and 90 goals in the Polish League. Additionally, participation in 17 games in European club competitions gave a score of 4 goals.

International

He made his debut into Polish national team in a second game of the 1978 FIFA World Cup, against Tunisia, in the age of 18. As opposed to that tournament, four years later he became a first team player in the 1982 FIFA World Cup until injury in a second game ruled him out from next games. He gave up international career in 1987 with 11 goals in 29 caps.

Coaching and television

On his retirement as a player Andrzej Iwan embarked on coaching profession, for first few years with junior group in Wisła Kraków, leading him to the assistant position of the first team between 1999 and 2001 (Adam Nawałka followed by duet Orest Lenczyk and Waldemar Fornalik). The next job was offered in Zagłębie Lubin again as assistant to Adam Nawałka, however, they were released only after five months of working. In the rise of 2003, Iwan leaped at the opportunity to lead the first team, 4th league club Okocimski KS Brzesko. He carried manager tasks for two years until the dismissal in 2005, after the series of defeats. Prior to that, Okocimski Brzesko had been close to promotion in 2004, until after losing the chances in final matches of playoff to Kmita Zabierzów. Iwan took two more teams, Płomien Jerzmanowice (5th league, 2005-2006) and Wiatra Ludźmierz (junior team, 2006) until the coaching career was finally brought to a close.

In the last years, Iwan has made regular appearance as football expert to commentate on the Polish Ekstraklasa. Iwan's biography under the title "Spalony" has been released in 2012.

References

• Andrzej Iwan at 90minut.pl (Polish) (Polish)

v t e Poland squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Tomaszewski 2 Mazur 3 Maculewicz 4 Szymanowski 5 Nawałka 6 Gorgoń 7 Iwan 8 Kasperczak 9 Żmuda 10 Rudy 11 Masztaler 12 Deyna (c) 13 Kupcewicz 14 Justek 15 Kusto 16 Lato 17 Szarmach 18 Boniek 19 Lubański 20 Wójcicki 21 Kukla 22 Kostrzewa Coach: Gmoch

v t e Poland squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Młynarczyk 2 Dziuba 3 Kupcewicz 4 Dolny 5 Janas 6 Skrobowski 7 Jałocha 8 Matysik 9 Żmuda(c) 10 Majewski 11 Smolarek 12 Wójcicki 13 Buncol 14 Pałasz 15 Ciołek 16 Lato 17 Szarmach 18 Kusto 19 Iwan 20 Boniek 21 Kazimierski 22 Mowlik Coach: Piechniczek

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