Ryszard Komornicki

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Ryszard Komornicki
Personal information
Date of birth (1959-08-14) 14 August 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Ścinawa, Poland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1980 Kryształ Stronie Śląskie
1980–1982 GKS Tychy
1983–1989 Górnik Zabrze 182 (35)
1989–1994 Aarau 121 (11)
1998–1999 Wohlen
2000–2001 Kickers Luzern
Total303(46)
International career
1984–1988 Poland 20 (0)
Managerial career
1998–1999 Wohlen (player-coach)
1999–2000 Solothurn
2000–2001 Kickers Luzern (player-coach)
2001 Luzern
2002–2005 Zürich U21
2006 Górnik Zabrze
2006–2007 Baden
2007–2009 Aarau
2009 Górnik Zabrze
2010 Wil
2011–2012 El Gouna
2012 Wohlen
2012–2013 Luzern
2013 Chiasso
2014–2015 FC United Zürich
2018 FC Olten
2019 Siarka Tarnobrzeg
2020 GKS Tychy
2020–2021 1.FC Kaiserslautern (assistant)
2021–2023 Wohlen
2023 FC 08 Villingen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ryszard Komornicki (born 14 August 1959) is a Polish football manager and former player who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He was most recently in charge of German club FC 08 Villingen.

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Playing career

Born in Ścinawa, Lower Silesia, Komornicki played for GKS Tychy and Górnik Zabrze in his country, winning four Ekstraklasa championships in a row with the latter club, then moved to Switzerland at the age of 30 where he represented FC Aarau, FC Wohlen and FC Kickers Luzern. He acted as player-coach to the last two teams, retiring at nearly 42. While at FC Aarau he was part of the side that won the Swiss national title in 1992–93. [1]

Komornicki won 20 caps for the Poland national team in almost four years and was a participant at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, appearing in all three group stage matches (one win, one loss and one draw). He made his debut on 31 October 1984, featuring 20 minutes in a 2–2 friendly draw against Albania in Mielec.

Managerial career

Komornicki took up coaching in 1998, going on to be in charge of a host of Swiss clubs for more than 15 years (including Aarau and Wohlen). Interspersed with this, he had two spells with Górnik and worked with El Gouna FC of the Egyptian Premier League in the 2011–12 season.

On 10 July 2019, Komornicki was appointed as the sporting director of GKS Tychy. [2]

Honours

Player

Górnik Zabrze [3]

Aarau

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References

  1. "Das Aarau-Wunder jährt sich zum 25. Mal". blick.ch. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. Ryszard Komornicki dyrektorem GKS, tychy.pl, 10 July 2019
  3. 1 2 "Ryszard Komornicki". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 August 2024.