Antoni Piechniczek

Antoni Piechniczek

Personal information
Full name	Antoni Krzysztof Piechniczek
Date of birth	(1942-05-03) 3 May 1942
Place of birth	Chorzów, Poland
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1959	Zryw Chorzów
1960–1961	Naprzód Lipiny
1961–1965	Legia Warsaw	56	(5)
1965–1972	Ruch Chorzów	151	(6)
1972–1973	Châteauroux
International career
1967–1969	Poland	3	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1975	BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała
1975–1979	Odra Opole
1980–1981	Ruch Chorzów
1981–1986	Poland
1986–1987	Górnik Zabrze
1987–1990	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
1988	Tunisia
1989	Tunisia
1993–1995	United Arab Emirates
1996–1997	Poland
1997	Al Rayyan
Medal record Men's football Representing Poland (as manager) FIFA World Cup 1982
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antoni Krzysztof Piechniczek (born 3 May 1942) is a Polish former football player and manager. From 2007 to 2011 he was a Polish senator.

Playing career

Piechniczek was born in Chorzów. He played for clubs such as Naprzód Lipiny, Legia Warszawa, Ruch Chorzów and LB Châteauroux. He was also capped thrice for the Poland national team.

Managerial career

As a football coach, he has led teams such as Ruch Chorzów, Górnik Zabrze, Al Rayyan (Qatar) or Espérance Tunis (Tunisia).

He is well known for coaching Poland national team. He coached Poland from 1981 to 1986 and from 1996 to 1997. He coached Poland at 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

He coached also Tunisia and United Arab Emirates.

Political career

In the 2002 local election Piechniczek was elected to the Silesian Regional Assembly II Term and was one of the three Vice-Chairpersons of the assembly. In 2006 he was re-elected, but his term (Assembly III Term) was ended after one year. In 2007 Piechniczek was elected to the Senate of the Republic of Poland (upper chamber of Polish parliament) and since 2007-11-05 he is a senator VII Term.