Robert Warzycha

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Robert Warzycha
Robert Warzycha Crew.jpg
Warzycha as assistant coach of Columbus Crew (2008)
Personnel
birthday 20th August 1963
place of birth SiemkowicePoland
position midfield player
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1985-1987 Górnik Wałbrzych 31 0(5)
1987-1991 Górnik Zabrze 91 (10)
1991-1994 Everton FC 72 0(6)
1994-1995 Pécsi Mecsek FC 21 0(7)
1995-1996 Honvéd Budapest 21 0(6)
1996-2002 Columbus crew 160 (19)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1987-1993 Poland 47 0(7)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2003-2008 Columbus Crew (assistant trainer)
2009-2013 Columbus crew
2014-2015 Górnik Zabrze
1 Only league games are given.

Robert Warzycha (born August 20, 1963 in Siemkowice ) is a Polish football coach and former football player . The former midfielder is currently training Górnik Zabrze from Ekstraklasa, Poland .

He spent most of his career as an active footballer in Europe. He played for clubs in Poland, Hungary and England. He celebrated his greatest successes with Górnik Zabrze. As part of the team was able to become Polish champions twice and win the trophy once.

From 1987 to 1993 he was an integral part of the Polish national team.

Player career

society

Warzycha joined the Columbus Crew in 1996 . Before that, he played football in Europe for over ten years. a. also in the English Premier League for Everton . His last stop before the USA was Honvéd Budapest with whom he won the Hungarian Football Cup in 1996 .

In the crew he was one of the regular players until the 2001 season. A season later he ended his career because injuries kept throwing him back. At the end of his career he was the record holder for most assists within the team.

National team

He played a total of 47 times for the Polish national soccer team and scored seven goals.

Coaching career

After retiring as an active player, he became an assistant coach with the Columbus Crew. After Greg Andrulis was fired in 2005, Warzycha briefly took over as coach. He was also assistant coach under Sigi Schmid .

After Schmid moved to the Seattle Sounders , Warzycha became the team's new head coach and won the MLS Supporters' Shield in his first season in this position .

Trivia

His son, Konrad Warzycha , also plays football. Since the 2011 season he has been on the Sporting Kansas City squad . Another son Bartosz (* 1990) played for Westerville , Ohio-based Blast FC and at Marshall University . The Warzycha family belongs to the Ohio Polish Congregation.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Warzycha: March 1991 - May 1994 . In: EvertonFC.com . Retrieved January 9, 2009. 
  2. mlsnet.com  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / web.mlsnet.com  
  3. Bartosz Warzycha Bio - HERDZONE.COM - The Marshall University
  4. Polacy w Columbus, Ohio ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.poloniaohio.com