Eugeniusz Olszyna

Eugeniusz Olszyna

Personal information
Date of birth	10 February 1954
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland[1]
Date of death	5 March 2023(2023-03-05) (aged 69)
Place of death	Gniezno, Poland[2]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Warta Poznań
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1971	Warta Poznań
1971–1976	Lech Poznań	39	(3)
1976–1980	Mieszko Gniezno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eugeniusz Olszyna (10 February 1954 – 5 March 2023) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker.[1]

Born in Poznań, Olszyna spent the majority of his career at clubs in his hometown city. He started at Warta[2] before promptly moving to Lech in 1971[2] aged 17.[3]

He made his Lech debut soon after his 20th birthday.[3] He was mostly a backup player, often coming off the bench, assisting the star players and acting as a playmaker for them.[4]

His career high came between 1974 and 1976, noting 39 appearances and 3 goals in the Ekstraklasa,[1][5] another 2 goals in 3 appearances in the Polish Cup.[3] Despite being a supporting player to the two main strikers Włodzimierz Wojciechowski and Ryszard Szpakowski, he remained a popular player.[6]

He moved to Mieszko Gniezno in 1976[2] where he ended his career in 1980.[7][8]

He died on 5 March 2023 in Gniezno aged 69[9] and was buried at St Paul and Peter's cemetery in Gniezno.[10][11]

References

1. Eugeniusz Olszyna at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
2. "Zmarł Eugeniusz Olszyna" [Eugeniusz Olszyna has died] (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 7 March 2023.
3. Andrzej Grupa (7 March 2023). "Nie żyje były piłkarz Lecha Poznań, reprezentował go w Ekstraklasie". interia.pl (in Polish). Interia Sport.
4. A. Gowarzewski; J. Redzioch (2003). Lech Poznań (encyklopedia piłkarska FUJI - kolekcja klubów, tom 8) [Lech Poznan (FUJI football encyclopedia - clubs collection, volume 8)]. p. 266. ISBN 83-88232-11-8.
5. "Zmarł Eugeniusz Olszyna" [Eugeniusz Olszyna has died] (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 7 March 2023.
6. "Niezwykle smutna wiadomość – nie żyje Eugeniusz Olszyna, były napastnik Lecha Poznań". fakt.pl (in Polish). Fakt. 7 March 2023.
7. Szymon Miś (7 March 2023). "Nie żyje były piłkarz Lecha Poznań. Klub w żałobie" (in Polish). Poznań: Radio Eska.
8. Maciej Walasek (7 March 2023). "Nie żyje były napastnik Lecha Poznań. Mistrzowie Polski w żałobie". sport.radiozet.pl (in Polish). Radio Zet Sport.
9. Mateusz Wysokiński (7 March 2023). "Lech Poznań przekazał najsmutniejsze informacje. Nie żyje były napastnik klubu, kibice pogrążeni w żałobie". sport.se.pl (in Polish). Super Express Sport.
10. Hubert Rybkowski (7 March 2023). "Fatalne informacje z Poznania. Nie żyje były napastnik Lecha". sport.pl (in Polish). sport.pl.
11. Editorial team (7 March 2023). "Nie żyje były napastnik Lecha". Sport z Pazurem (in Polish). sportzpazurem.pl.