Józef Młynarczyk

Józef Młynarczyk
Młynarczyk in June 2005
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-09-20) 20 September 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Nowa Sól, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Poland U21 (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Astra Nowa Sól
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1974 Dozamet Nowa Sól
1974–1977 BKS Stal
1977–1980 Odra Opole 87 (1)
1980–1984 Widzew Łódź 79 (0)
1984–1986 Bastia 56 (0)
1986–1989 Porto 67 (0)
International career
1979–1986 Poland 42 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Józef Młynarczyk (born 20 September 1953) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for the Poland under-21s.

After representing three clubs in his homeland he played out the remainder of his career in France and Portugal, winning seven major titles with Porto during his one-and-a-half-season spell.

Młynarczyk played more than 40 times for Poland, appearing in two World Cups with the country. In 1983, he was the winner of the Polish Footballer of the Year plebiscite organized by the Piłka Nożna football weekly.

Club career

Born in Nowa Sól, Młynarczyk arrived at Widzew Łódź in 1980 aged 27, after playing for three modest clubs. During his four-year spell, in which he was equally first and second-choice, the team won two Ekstraklasa titles, finishing second in the other two. In the 1982–83 European Cup, he helped Widzew to the semifinals after edging Liverpool in the last-eight (4–3 on aggregate).

In 1984, aged 31, Młynarczyk signed with SC Bastia in France. In January 1986 he switched countries again, joining FC Porto from Portugal, where he won the European Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. After an interesting battle for first-choice status with Zé Beto, he eventually became the starter – he was in goal for all of these finals – but lost his importance after the emergence of 18-year-old Vítor Baía, choosing to retire from football in June 1989.[1][2]

Młynarczyk started immediately working with Porto's goalkeepers after his retirement, a position he would also hold at former side Widzew Łódź. On 21 April 2008, he resigned after the latter side hired Janusz Wójcik as manager.

International career

Młynarczyk won 42 caps for Poland during seven years, the first arriving in 1979 whilst in the ranks of lowly Odra Opole. He participated – always as starter – with the national team in two FIFA World Cups, 1982 and 1986, finishing in third place in the former edition and being ousted by Brazil in the round-of-16 in the latter.

Młynarczyk would also work as goalkeeping coach for the national team, before being replaced by Jacek Kazimierski.

International

Appearances, conceded goals and clean sheets by national team
National team Year Apps Conceded
goals		 Clean
sheets
Poland 1979 1 0 1
1980 5 8 0
1981 4 7 0
1982 7 5 4
1983 6 8 0
1984 7 4 3
1985 6 4 3
1986 6 11 2
Total 42 47 13

Honours

Widzew Łódź[3]

Porto[3]

Poland

Individual

References

  1. ^ "1988/89: FC Porto sem troféus e dez campeões europeus a chorar" [1988/89: FC Porto without trophies and ten European champions crying] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Vítor Baía: a lenda nasceu há 30 anos" [Vítor Baía: the legend was born 30 years ago]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 11 September 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Józef Młynarczyk". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Laureaci". pilkanozna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 16 July 2024.