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Polish footballer (born 1944)

Janusz Kowalik

Personal information

Full name

Janusz Antoni Kowalik

Date of birth

(1944-03-26) 26 March 1944 (age 80)

Place of birth

Nowy Sącz, Poland

Height

1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Position(s)

Striker

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1960–1967

Cracovia

1968

Chicago Mustangs

(30)

1968

California Clippers

(0)

1969–1974

Sparta Rotterdam

123

(67)

1974–1976

NEC

(6)

1976

Chicago Sting

(9)

1976–1977

MVV

(2)

1977

Chicago Sting

(1)

1977–1979

MVV

(24)

1979–1980

Patro Eisden

International career

Poland U18

1965–1966

Poland

(0)

Managerial career

1979–1980

Patro Eisden

1981–1982

Eendracht Rotem

1982–1984

1985–1986

1987–1989

1987–1989

1989–1991

1992

1995–1996

KFC Eeklo

Medal record

Men's football

Representing Poland
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
Runner-up	1961 Portugal

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Janusz "John" Kowalik (born 26 March 1944) is a Polish former football manager and player who played as a striker. A prolific scorer in the European leagues and the North American Soccer League, he was the 1968 NASL MVP.

Player

Club career

Kowalik was born in Nowy Sącz. In 1968, the owners of the Chicago Mustangs of the North American Soccer League (NASL) signed Kowalik. That season, he led the league in scoring with thirty goals in twenty-eight games. This led to his selection as the league MVP and a first team All Star. At the end of the season, he moved to the California Clippers. However, the NASL lost most of its teams with all west coast teams, but the Clippers, folding. The Clippers decided to leave the NASL, join a local league and exist on playing exhibition games against foreign teams. In January 1969, the team ownership decided to cease operations.

In 1969, Kowalik returned to Europe where he signed with Sparta Rotterdam of the Dutch Eredivisie. In 1974, he moved to NEC for one season.

Kowalik returned to the NASL with the Chicago Sting in 1975, where he played fourteen games, scoring nine goals in 1976.

He then returned to the Netherlands to play with MVV Maastricht.

In 1977, he returned to the Sting where he scored only one goal in an unknown number of games.

In the 1978–79 season he returned to MVV.

International career

He was capped 6 times for the Poland national team.

Coaching career

Kowalik later coached Vitesse Arnhem, Górnik Zabrze and Rangers International of Enugu.

Honours

Poland U18

UEFA European Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1961

References

"The Year in American Soccer - 1968". Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
Chicago Sting All Time Scoring Records Archived 25 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine
"Janusz Kowalik". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.

External links

NASL stats
Janusz Kowalik at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Janusz Kowalik at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
Janusz Kowalik at National-Football-Teams.com

Managerial positions

v t e K.R.C. Genk – managers
Waterschei Thor Genk	Bollen () Meuris () Vliers (1978–79) Brom (1979–81) Pauwels (1981) Künnecke (1981) Pauwels (1981–82) Künnecke (1982–83) Grijzenhout (1983–84) Geys (1984) De Raeve ()
Winterslag	Waseige (1971–76) Van den Bergh (1976–77) Künnecke (1977–78) Briganti (1978–79) Waseige (1979–81) Bollen (1981) Briganti (1981–82) Kowalik (1982–84) Bulatović (1984–86) Beers (1986–87) Briganti (1987–88)
Genk	Künnecke (1988) Vliers (1988–89) Desaeyere (1989) Alisic (1989) Peeters (1989–90) Theunis (1990–91) Janssen (1991–93) Peruzović (1993–94) Denier & Beuls (1994) Alisic (1994–96) Denier (1996) Anthuenis (1996–99) Heyligen (1999–00) Boskamp (2000) Denier (2000–01) Vergoossen (2001–04) Denier & Van Geneugden (2004) Vandereycken (2004–05) Broos (2005–08) Van Geneugden (2008–09) Denier & Visser (2009) Vanhaezebrouck (2009) Vercauteren (2009–11) Denier & Visser (2011) Been (2011–14) Ferrera (2014) McLeish (2014–15) Maes (2015–16) Stuivenberg (2017) Clement (2017–19) Mazzù (2019) Wolf (2019–20) Olivieri (a.i.) (2020) Thorup (2020) Olivieri (a.i.) (2020) Van den Brom (2020–21) Storck (2021–22) Vrancken (2022–24) Olivieri, Ribeiro & Vanhemel (a.i.) (2024) Fink (2024–)

SBV Vitesse – managers

Chadwick (1914)
Sutcliffe (1914–15)
McPherson (1919–20)
Griffiths (1920–22)
van Dort & Evers (1922–23)
van Dort (1923–24)
Jefferson (1924–27)
Schwarz (1928–36)
Damsté (1936)
Van Wijhe (1936–37)
Horsten (1938–39)
Horsten (1945–46)
Roper (1946–47)
Horsten & Piederiet (1947)
Van der Wel (1947–48)
Zonnenberg (1948–54)
Gruber (1954–57)
Pastoor (1957–60)
Vidovic (1960–62)
Zonnenberg (1962–64)
Gruber (1964–66)
De Munck (1966–69)
Brom (1969–72)
De Munck (1972–74)
Bulatović (1974–75)
De Bouter (1975–76)
Westerhof (1976)
Wullems (1976–82)
Looijen (1982–83)
Hofstee (1983–84)
Westerhof (1984–85)
Kowalik (1985–86)
Dorjee (1986–87)
Overweg (1987)
Jacobs (1988–93)
Neumann (1993–95)
Spelbos (1995)
Thijssen (1995–96)
Beenhakker (1996–97)
Ten Cate (1997–98)
Artur Jorge (1998)
Neumann (1998–99)
Sturing (1999)
Koeman (2000–01)
Sturing (2001–02)
Snoei (2002–03)
Sturing (2003–06)
De Mos (2006–08)
Westerhof (2008)
Bos (2009–10)
Van Arum & Van der Gouw (dual a.i.) (2010)
Ferrer (2010–11)
Van den Brom (2011–12)
Rutten (2012–13)
Bosz (2013–16)
Maas (a.i.) (2016)
Fraser (2016–18)
Sturing (a.i.) (2018)
Slutsky (2018–19)
Oosting (a.i.) (2019)
Sturing (a.i.) (2020)
Letsch (2020–22)
Cocu (2022–23)
Sturing (2023–24)
Van den Brom (2024–)

Ionikos F.C. – managers

Arvanitis (1973–74)
Grigoriadis (1989)
Aivatiadis (1989)
Kowalik (1989–91)
Alefantos (1991)
Aivatiadis (1991)
Alefantos (1992)
Prokop (1992)
Gemelos (1992–93)
Bonev (1994)
Blokhin (1994–97)
Gemelos (1997)
Gmoch (1997–98)
Markarián (1998–99)
Polychroniou (1999)
Gemelos (1999–2000)
Blokhin (2000–02)
Gemelos (2002)
Cavalli (2002)
Gmoch (2002–03)
Kljajević (2003)
Vlachos (2003–05)
Cáceres (2005)
Tsiolis (2005–06)
Cáceres (2006)
Inácio (2006–07)
Chatzinikolaou (2007)
Barrios (2007)
Vazakas (2007–08)
Anastopoulos (2008)
Goulis (2008–09)
Voutsakelis (2009–10)
Vouzas (2010)
Petrakis (2010)
Tsigaridas (2010–11)
Ćirković (2011)
Maronitis (2011–12)
Frousos (2012)
Dimos (2013–14)
Partheniou (2014)
Kalopitas (2014)
Iliopoulos (2014–15)
Chatzialexis (2015–16)
Kalopitas (2016–17)
Karadimos (2017)
Chatzialexis (2017)
Laiveras (2017)
Chatzialexis (2017)
Maronitis (2017–18)
Anyfantakis (2018)
Arnaoutis (2018–20)
Charalampidis (2020)
Spanos (2020–23)
Grigoriou (2023)
Simos (2023)
Spanos (2023–24)

Apollon Limassol FC – managers

Gavalas (1956–1962)
Zsolnai (1966–1967)
Krystallis (1967–1969)
Hold (1973–1974)
Hold (1983–1984)
Dicks (1984–1985)
Zadina (1985–1986)
Piechaczek (1986–1987)
Engel (1988–1990)
Ferner (1990–1994)
Živadinović (1994–1995)
Kuusela (1995–1996)
Vukotić (1996–1998)
Starovlah (1998)
Dumitriu (1998)
Ferner (1998–2000)
Mouskallis (2000–2001)
Savevski (2001–2002)
Whelan (2002)
Mitošević (2002–2003)
Dumitrescu (2003–2004)
Fringer (2004)
Papadopoulos (2004)
Yiangoudakis (2004–2005)
Stange (2005–2007)
Van der Lem (2007)
Gogić (2007)
Mizrahi (2007–2008)
Šapurić (2008)
von Heesen (2008–2010)
Krčmarević (2010)
Michaelides (2010–2011)
Ollé-Nicolle (2011)
Levy (2011)
Stoichiță (2011–2012)
Reeck (2012)
Burley (2012)
Papavasiliou (2012–2013)
Christoforou (2013–2014)
Andone (2014–2015)
Caanen (2015)
Emanuel (2015–2016)
Avgousti (2016–2019)
Vukomanović (2019)
Avgousti (2019–2020)
Petrakis (2020–2021)
Zorniger (2021–2022)
Català (2022)
Makrides (2022–23)
Andone (2023)
Milojević (2023)
Machín (2023–)

Górnik Zabrze – managers

Pawelczyk (1948–49)
Meiser (1949)
Luks (1949–50)
Wodarz (1950–54)
Dziwisz (1954–56)
Mościński (1956)
Skolik (1957)
Opata (1957–58)
Skolik (1958–59)
Steiner (1959)
Karolek (1960)
Lugr (1960)
Dziwisz (1960–62)
Karolek (1962)
Cebula (1962–63)
Cebula, Karolek & Skolik (1963)
Karolek & Skolik (1964)
Farsang (1964–65)
Giergiel (1965–66)
Kalocsay (1966–69)
Matyas (1969–70)
Szusza (1970–71)
Brzeżańczyk (1971–72)
Kowalski (1972)
Szűcs (1972)
Kowalski (1972–73)
Wieczorek (1973–75)
Gajewski (1975–76)
Trepka (1976)
Kostka (1976–77)
Żmuda (1977–80)
Podedworny (1980–83)
Kostka (1983–86)
Ćmikiewicz (1986)
Piechniczek (1986–87)
Bochynek (1987–89)
Podedworny (1989)
Kisiel (1989–90)
Kowalski (1990–92)
Kowalik (1992)
Łysko (1992–93)
Apostel (1993)
Kostka (1994)
Lorens (1994–95)
Oślizło (1995)
Michalski (1995–96)
Kowalski (1996)
Żurek (1996)
Kocąb (1996)
Apostel (1997)
Kowalski (1997)
Żurek (1997–99)
Dankowski (1999)
Bochynek (1999)
Dankowski (2000)
Broniszewski (2000)
Dankowski (2000–01)
Piotrowicz (2001)
Fornalik (2001)
Piotrowicz (2001–02)
Fornalik (2002–04)
Lička (2004)
Lorens (2004–05)
Wleciałowski (2005)
Motyka (2005)
Komornicki (2006)
Cecherz (2006)
Motyka (2006)
Podedworny (2006–07)
Motyka (2007)
Kostrzewa & Piotrowicz (2007)
Wieczorek (2007–08)
Bochynek (2008)
Kasperczak (2008–09)
Komornicki (2009)
Nawałka (2010–13)
Zając (2013)
Wieczorek (2013–14)
Warzycha (2014)
Dankowski (2014–15)
Warzycha (2015)
Ojrzyński (2015–16)
Żurek (2016)
Brosz (2016–21)
Urban (2021–22)
Gaul (2022–23)
Urban (2023–)

Awards

v t e 1968 NASL All-Stars
First Team	GK: Stojanović DF: Scott DF: Gavrić MF: Davidovic MF: Crisp MF: Navarro FW: Kowalik FW: Fernández FW: Kristensen FW: Frankiewicz FW: Mitić
Second Team	GK: Rouse DF: Worbye DF: Cocking MF: Viollet MF: Čop MF: Knapp FW: Casa FW: Baesso FW: Barber FW: Vavá FW: Mateos

v t e NASL (1968–1984) top scorers
1968: Kowalik 1969: Motaung 1970: Apostolidis 1971: Metidieri 1972: Horton 1973: Rote 1974: Child 1975: David 1976: Chinaglia 1977: David 1978: Chinaglia 1979: Fabbiani 1980: Chinaglia 1981: Chinaglia 1982: Chinaglia 1983: Cabañas 1984: Žungul

v t e NASL (1968–1984) MVP
1968: Kowalik 1969: Fernández 1970: Metidieri 1971: Metidieri 1972: Horton 1973: Archibald 1974: Silvester 1975: David 1976: Pelé 1977: Beckenbauer 1978: Flanagan 1979: Cruyff 1980: Davies 1981: Chinaglia 1982: Ward 1983: Cabañas 1984: Žungul

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