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Zbigniew Boniek
Zbigniew Boniek is a Polish former footballer and was most recently a 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, and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004.
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sports · Polish footballer and manager (born 1956) · association football player · association football coach · also Zbigniew Boniek, Boniek
Born 3 March 1956 · Q68039
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2020· 1 entry
2019· 4 entries
Won award: Polish Football Association National Team of the Century (1919–2019).
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Won award: Italian Football Hall of Fame (2019).
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Was named the most influential person in Polish sport by the Forbes Polska magazine and Pentagon Research
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Was inducted in the Italian Football Hall of Fame
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2018· 1 entry
Boniek became an honorary citizen of Łódź
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2012· 1 entry
Won award: FAI International Football Awards – International Personality (2012).
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2010· 1 entry
Was controversially not included among the Turin based club's 50 stars; Boniek was vocally critical of his exclusion on Twitter, and in particular of the fact that Edgar Davids had been chosen in his place, despite th
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2009· 1 entry
Won award: Golden Foot Legends Award (2009).
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2004· 2 entries
Won award: FIFA 100 (2004).
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Boniek was named by Pelé as one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers, as part of FIFA's centenary celebrations
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1997· 1 entry
Won award: Boniek is a 3rd class knight of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1997).
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1986· 2 entries
Won: Coppa Italia with Roma (1985–86).
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And eventually ended his professional career with the club in 1988
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1985· 3 entries
Won: European Cup with Juventus (1984–85).
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Against Liverpool once again, winning the penalty that Michel Platini subsequently converted to win the title for Juventus, although the team's victory was overshadowed by the Heysel Disaster
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Played for AS Roma (1985–1988) — 76 appearances, 17 goals.
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1984· 4 entries
Won: European Cup Winners' Cup with Juventus (1983–84).
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Won: Serie A with Juventus (1983–84).
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Won: European Super Cup with Juventus (1984).
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With Boniek scoring the matching-winning goal in the 2–1 victory over Porto in the final of the latter tournament in Basel; he followed up these victories by claiming the European Super Cup later that year, scoring twice
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1983· 1 entry
Won: Coppa Italia with Juventus (1982–83).
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1982· 11 entries
Won: Ekstraklasa with Widzew Łódź (1981–82).
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Won award: Piłka Nożna Polish Footballer of the Year (1982).
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Third place: Ballon d'Or (1982).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup All-star Team (1982).
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Won award: ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season (1982).
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Third place: FIFA World Cup with Poland (1982).
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Won award: Boniek was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1982).
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Awarded Polish Sportspersonality of the Year (1982).
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Awarded Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite (1982).
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Studied at Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, magister degree (1982).
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Played for Juventus FC (1982–1985) — 81 appearances, 14 goals.
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1981· 1 entry
Won: Ekstraklasa with Widzew Łódź (1980–81).
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1978· 3 entries
Won award: Piłka Nożna Polish Footballer of the Year (1978).
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Awarded Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite (1978).
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And 1982, he won the Polish Footballer of the Year Award presented by the Piłka Nożna football weekly
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1976· 3 entries
Won award: Polish Newcomer of the Year (1976).
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Married his wife Wiesława, a specialist in Romance studies, with whom he has three children: two daughters Karolina and Kamila and son Tomasz
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Played for Poland men's national football team (1976–1988) — 80 appearances, 24 goals.
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1975· 1 entry
Played for RTS Widzew Łódź (1975–1982) — 172 appearances, 50 goals.
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1973· 1 entry
Played for Zawisza Bydgoszcz (1973–1975) — 41 appearances, 14 goals.
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-03-03.
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