Romuald Szukiełowicz

Romuald Szukiełowicz

Szukiełowicz in 1990
Personal information
Date of birth	(1949-02-10) 10 February 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Wrocław, Poland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Śląsk Wrocław
	Odra Wrocław
	Lightning Chicago
	Ajax Chicago
Managerial career
	Lightning Chicago
	Odra Wrocław
	Śląsk Wrocław II
	Piast Iłowa
1987–1988	MKS Oława
1988–1991	Śląsk Wrocław
1991	MKS Oława
1992–93	Pogoń Szczecin
1994	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1994–1995	Lech Poznań
1995–1996	Śląsk Wrocław
1996–1997	Pogoń Szczecin
1997–1998	Hutnik Kraków
1999	Stomil Olsztyn
2000	Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk
2001	Górnik Polkowice
2002	Odra Opole
2004	Aluminium Konin
2004	Bystrzyca Kąty Wrocławskie
2005–2006	Polonia New York
2007	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2011–2012	Czarni Żagań
2015	Flota Świnoujście
2015	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
2015	Foto-Higiena Gać
2015–2016	Śląsk Wrocław
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Romuald Szukiełowicz (born 3 September 1943) is a Polish former professional football manager and player. From 1994 to 2001, he was a member of the Board of Coaches for the PZPN.

Career

Szukiełowicz started his career at Śląsk Wrocław, and progressed from the youth team into the senior team. After his time at Śląsk he joined Odra Wrocław. Between 1979 and 1983, he spent his time in Chicago, USA, playing for Lightning Chicago and Ajax Chicago. ^[1]

After his playing career, Szukiełowicz moved into management, firstly in the US with Lightning Chicago, before moving back to Poland joining Odra Wrocław firstly, then Śląsk Wrocław, managing their second team. After short spells with Piast Iłowa and MKS Oława, he rejoined Śląsk Wrocław, this time managing the first team. ^[2] After three seasons with Śląsk in the Ekstraklasa, Szukiełowicz left to join MKS Oława for the second time, and then Pogoń Szczecin in 1992. ^[3]

Szukiełowicz was only with Pogoń for one season. In 1994, he moved to Zawisza Bydgoszcz, before taking charge of Lech Poznań the same year. He then managed Śląsk Wrocław in 1995–96, Pogoń Szczecin in 1996–97 and Hutnik Kraków in 1997–98. After Hutnik, he had a string of jobs where he did not spend longer than a year with the teams. In 2000 he was manager of Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk, ^[4] a team which was created as a merger of Lechia Gdańsk and Polonia Gdańsk. Szukiełowicz was the last permanent manager of the team, before it fully disbanded in 2002, with Lechia and Polonia both having to start from the lowest divisions of Polish football after the separation.

After short spells with Górnik Polkowice, Odra Opole, Aluminium Konin, and Bystrzyca Kąty Wrocławskie, he moved back to the US to manage Polonia New York from 2005–06, and then Zagłębie Sosnowiec for 2007. ^[5] After being in the job for only a few months, Szukiełowicz was then without a role in management until 2011, with Czarni Żagań, ^[6] who he was with until 2012.

After another few years without a managerial job, Szukiełowicz returned in 2015, a year in which he worked with four teams. Firstly with Flota Świnoujście, ^[7] Zagłębie Sosnowiec, ^[8] Foto-Higiena Gać, ^[9] before joining Śląsk Wrocław ^[10] for the third time, Szukiełowicz's last job as a manager.

References

1. "Śląskowi Jubilaci: Romuald Szukiełowicz". slasknet.com.
2. "ROMUALD SZUKIEŁOWICZ NOWYM TRENEREM ŚLĄSKA". slaskwroclaw.pl.
3. "Były trener Pogoni Romuald Szukiełowicz został trenerem Floty Świnoujście". szczecin.sport.pl.
4. "Trenerzy". lechia.pl.
5. "Romuald Szukiełowicz trenerem Zagłębia Sosnowiec". 90minut.pl.
6. "Romuald Szukiełowicz nowym trenerem Czarnych Żagań". gazetalubuska.pl.
7. "Nie Kafarski, a Szukiełowicz nowym trenerem Floty". gol24.pl.
8. "Romuald Szukiełowicz trenerem Zagłębia Sosnowiec". 90minut.pl.
9. "Romuald Szukiełowicz trenerem Foto-Higieny!". foto-higienagac.pl.
10. "Romuald Szukiełowicz trenerem Śląska. Kowalski wyleciał po jednym meczu". gazetawroclawska.pl.