Piotr Mowlik

Piotr Mowlik

Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-04-21) 21 April 1951
Place of birth	Rybnik, Poland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1964–1965	LZS Orzepowice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1970	ROW Rybnik
1970	Unia Racibórz
1971–1977	Legia Warsaw	131	(0)
1977–1983	Lech Poznań	153	(0)
1983–1986	Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor)	52	(0)
1986–1987	Tacoma Stars (indoor)	32	(0)
International career
1974–1981	Poland	21	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2003	Tur Turek
2005–2006	Mieszko Gniezno
Medal record Men's football Representing Poland FIFA World Cup 1982 Spain Olympic Games 1976 Montréal Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Piotr Mowlik (born 21 April 1951) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Club

In 1965, Mowlik began as an apprentice with LZS Orzepowice. In 1966, he signed as a professional with ROW Rybnik where he played until 1970. That year, he also briefly played for Unia Racibórz. In 1971, he joined Legia Warsaw where he played 131 games. He then transferred to Lech Poznań in 1977. In 1983, he moved to the United States where he joined the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent the 1985–86 season behind starter David Brcic, appearing in just one game. On 1 March 1986, the Spirit sold his contract to the Tacoma Stars and he played his first game in Tacoma four days later.

National

He earned 21 caps for the Poland national team and was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal, and also at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.

International

Appearances, conceded goals and clean sheets by national team

National team	Year	Apps	Conceded Goals	Clean Sheets
Poland	1974	1	0	1
	1975	1	1	0
	1976	2	1	1
	1977	0	0	0
	1978	0	0	0
	1979	1	0	1
	1980	13	12	5
	1981	3	2	2
Total		21	16	10

Personal life

He is the father of professional footballer Mariusz Mowlik and uncle of professional footballer David Topolski.

Honours

Legia Warsaw

• Polish Cup: 1972–73

Lech Poznań

• Ekstraklasa: 1982–83
• Polish Cup: 1981–82

Poland

• Olympic silver medal: 1976
• FIFA World Cup third place: 1982

Individual

• Lech Poznań All-time XI

External links

• FIFA Player Profile
• Lech Poznan – in Polish