Włodzimierz Smolarek

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Włodzimierz Smolarek
Personal information
Full name Włodzimierz Smolarek
Date of birth July 16, 1957 (1957-07-16) (age 50)
Place of birth    Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Playing position striker
Club information
Current club retired
Youth clubs
Aleksandrów Łódzki
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1974-1978
1978-1980
1980-1986
1986-1988
1988-1990
1990-1996
Widzew Łódź
Legia Warszawa
Widzew Łódź
Eintracht Frankfurt
Feyenoord Rotterdam
FC Utrecht

018 (4)
0181 (55)
063 (13)
046 (13)
165 (33)   
National team2
1980-1992 Flag of Poland Poland 063 (13)
Teams managed
2000-2007 Feyenoord Rotterdam (youth coach)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 7 June 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 June 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Włodzimierz Smolarek (behind the flag)
Włodzimierz Smolarek (behind the flag)

Włodzimierz Smolarek (born July 16, 1957 in Aleksandrów Łódzki) is a retired Polish football player, who played for clubs such as Widzew Łódź, Legia Warszawa, Eintracht Frankfurt (West Germany), Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands) and FC Utrecht (Netherlands).

He played for Polish national team, for which he played 60 matches. Smolarek was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the third place and 1986 FIFA World Cup.

He lives in the Netherlands where he works as a football coach. His son Euzebiusz Smolarek is also a footballer.