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Zbigniew Boniek
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Person

Zbigniew Boniek

b. 1956

Polish association football player and manager

Born
3 Mar 1956 · Bydgoszcz
Part ofPoland967 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 81 years
  1. 3 Mar 1956BornBorn in Bydgoszcz
  2. 1973 – 1975TeamZawisza Bydgoszcz
  3. 1975 – 1982TeamRTS Widzew Łódź
  4. 1976 – 1988TeamPoland men's national football team
  5. 1978Took part1978 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1978AwardPiłka nożna magazine plebiscite
  7. 1982Took part1982 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1982 – 1985TeamJuventus FC
  9. 1982AwardPiłka nożna magazine plebiscite
  10. 1982AwardPolish Sportspersonality of the Year
  11. 1985 – 1988TeamAS Roma
  12. 1986Took part1986 FIFA World Cup

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1956 – today).

  1. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  2. 1956Suez Crisis
  3. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  5. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  7. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  9. 1968Prague Spring
  10. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  11. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  12. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  14. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  15. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  16. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  17. 1985Schengen Agreement
  18. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  19. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  20. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  22. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  24. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  25. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  26. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  27. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  28. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  29. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  30. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  31. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  32. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  33. 20112011 Norway attacks
  34. 2011Libyan civil war
  35. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  36. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  37. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  38. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  39. 2015Paris Agreement
  40. 20182018 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Zbigniew Boniek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛv ˈbɔɲɛk]; born 3 March 1956) is a Polish former footballer and was most recently a UEFA vice-president. A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time, and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004.

In an 80-cap international career, Boniek scored 24 goals and played at three consecutive World Cups, helping Poland to 3rd place in 1982 and making the Team of the Tournament. His greatest achievements in club football were at Juventus in Italy, winning the Serie A, Coppa Italia, European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, and European Super Cup between 1983 and 1985, being the first Polish footballer to win a confederation title and one of the first Central and Eastern European players to do so with a non-conational club. In 1978 and 1982, he won the Polish Footballer of the Year Award presented by the Piłka Nożna football weekly.

In the early 1990s, Boniek managed several Italian clubs, and also the Poland national team in 2002. In 2019, he was inducted in the Italian Football Hall of Fame.

Text from the Wikipedia article Zbigniew Boniek, CC BY-SA 4.0

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