Tadeusz Fajfer

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Tadeusz Fajfer
Personal information
Full name Tadeusz Fajfer
Date of birth (1959-04-24) 24 April 1959 (age 65) [1]
Place of birth Poznań, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1980 Lech Poznań
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1982 Lech Poznań 0 (0)
1982–1984 Lechia Gdańsk 41 (0)
1985–1989 Chrobry Głogów
1991–1992 Czarni Wróblewo
1992–1993 VfL Herzlake
1993–1998 Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wlkp.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tadeusz Fajfer (born 24 April 1959) is a Polish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Biography

Born in Poznań, Fajfer first started his footballing career with Lech Poznań, advancing through the academy before being part of the team in 1980. After two seasons of failing to make an appearance due to being third choice behind Piotr Mowlik and Zbigniew Pleśnierowicz [2] he moved to Lechia Gdańsk in 1982, making his professional league debut against Olimpia Elbląg on 1 September 1982. [3] During his time with Lechia he won the III liga for the 1982–83 season, [4] he played in 5 of the 7 games during the cup run which won the Polish Cup in 1983, [5] beating Piast Gliwice in the final, [6] he played in the Polish SuperCup win over Lech Poznań in 1983, [7] played in both games against Juventus, which were Lechia's first ever European games in the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup, [8] [9] and won promotion to the top division by winning the II liga for the 1983–84 season. [10] During his time at Lechia he played in 51 games. [11] In total Fajfer played 8 games in the I liga before moving down the leagues to play with Chrobry Głogów in 1985. He played for Czarni Wróblewo from 1991–1992, [12] he had a season in Germany with VfL Herzlake [13] with whom he won the Oberliga Nord, before returning to Poland to play with Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. He spent 5 seasons with Dyskobolia, helping the team to go from the fourth division in 1993 to win promotion to the top division in 1997. In his final season with the club, he played 28 out of 30 games in the 1997–98 I liga season before retiring after the club suffered relegation. [14] After retiring he worked as the goalkeeping coach with Dyskobolia [15] before holding the role of sporting director at Polonia Warsaw and Warta Poznań. [16] [17]

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk

VfL Herzlake

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski

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  2. ↑ "TADEUSZ FAJFER". lechiahistoria.pl.
  3. ↑ "Debiut Tadeusza Fajfera w Lechii (1.09.1982)". lechiahistoria.pl.
  4. ↑ "Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1982/83]". lechia.net.
  5. ↑ "Lechia Gdańsk w drodze po Puchar Polski – sezon 1982/83". lechiahistoria.pl.
  6. ↑ "Lechia – Piast Gliwice 2:1. Finał Pucharu Polski. 22.06.1983". lechiahistoria.pl.
  7. ↑ "Superpuchar Polski dla Lechii! (30.07.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl.
  8. ↑ "Juventus FC – Lechia Gdańsk 7:0 (14.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl.
  9. ↑ "Lechia Gdańsk – Juventus FC 2:3 (28.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl.
  10. ↑ "Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1983/84]". lechia.net.
  11. ↑ "Tadeusz Fajfer". lechia.net.
  12. ↑ "Czarni Wroblewo 1947–2007". issuu.com.
  13. ↑ "Tadeusz Fajfer". sport.de.
  14. ↑ "Bramkarze Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wlkp. w kadrze Polski". poznan.wyborcza.pl.
  15. ↑ "Tadeusz Fajfer: 90minut.pl". 90minut.pl.
  16. ↑ "Tadeusz Fajfer był dyrektorem sportowym Warty przez ostatnie pół roku". poznan.naszemiasto.pl.
  17. ↑ "Tadeusz Fajfer będzie dyrektorem sportowym Polonii Warszawa". 90minut.pl.
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