Andrzej Wiśniewski

Andrzej Wiśniewski (13 January 1956 – 3 April 2022) was a Polish professional football manager.

Andrzej Wiśniewski
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-01-13)13 January 1956
Place of birth Giżycko, Poland
Date of death 3 April 2022(2022-04-03) (aged 66)
Position(s) Defender
Managerial career
Years Team
2001 Wisła Płock
2002 Palestine
2003 Błękitni Stargard Szczeciński
2003–2004 Unia Janikowo
Jeziorak Iława
2005 Drwęca Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
2006 Polonia Warsaw
2007 Unia Janikowo
2008 KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

Career

In 2001, for a short time Wiśniewski managed Wisła Płock, which fell to the second division. In 2002, he coached the Palestine national team.[1][2][3] Later he worked with 3rd and 2nd league teams, including with Jeziorak Iława, Drwęca Nowe Miasto Lubawskie,[4] which was promoted in the 2004–05 season to the second league, but after several defeats in its class tournament he was released. He was also assistant to Dariusz Wdowczyk at Polonia Warsaw in the 1999–2000 championship.

On 26 April 2006, Wiśniewski became the coach of the first team of Polonia Warsaw, succeeding Jan Żurek, but he stayed in this position for too long and became sports director of Polonia. Then he resumed in the third league adventure Unia Janikowo, which, however, lost in Division II playoffs. He was replaced by Artur Polehojko. In autumn 2007, he signed the contract and took over manager function of the KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski on 1 January 2008.[5]

Death

Wiśniewski died of a heart attack on 3 April 2022, at the age of 66.[6]

References
  1. Jest to zespół na środek tabeli - rozmowa z Andrzejem Wiśniewskim, byłym trenerem KSZO i selekcjonerem Palestyny sportowefakty.wp.pl
  2. Andrzej Wiśniewski: Moje CV jest dobre ostrowiec-sw
  3. "Palestine National Team Coaches". RSSSF.
  4. "Andrzej Wiśniewski trenerem Drwęcy". www.90minut.pl.
  5. "Andrzej Wiśniewski od nowego roku trenerem KSZO". www.90minut.pl.
  6. "Zmarł trener Andrzej Wiśniewski". www.dumastolicy.pl (in Polish). 5 April 2022.


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