Horst Panic
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Date of birth
12 July 1938
Place of birth
Bobrek, Poland
Date of death
7 November 2025 (aged 87)
Position
Forward
 Horst Panic at Varta Namysłów in 1998 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 July 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Bobrek, Poland | ||
| Date of death | 7 November 2025 (aged 87) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zryw Chorzów | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1965 | Bielawianka Bielawa | ||
| 1965–1970 | Górnik Wałbrzych | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1978 | Górnik Wałbrzych (assistant manager) | ||
| 1978–1979 | Górnik Wałbrzych | ||
| 1980–1984 | Górnik Wałbrzych | ||
| 1984–1986 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | ||
| 1987–1991 | Zagłębie Wałbrzych | ||
| 1991–1994 | Chrobry Głogów | ||
| 1994–1995 | Amica Wronki | ||
| 1995 | Lechia Dzierżoniów | ||
| 1995–1996 | Polonia Świdnica | ||
| 1998 | Varta Namysłów | ||
| LKS Bestwina | |||
| Drzewiarz Jasienica | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Horst Panic (12 July 1938 – 7 November 2025) was a Polish football player and manager. After spending his professional playing career with Górnik Wałbrzych, he started his managerial career with the same club, leading them to a historic promotion to the Ekstraklasa in 1983, earning a "best coach" award in a Słowo Polskie plebiscite. He later went on to manage various other clubs, primarily in Lower Silesia.
Playing career
Panic began his football career at Zryw Chorzów,[1] and from 1955 he played for Bielawianka Bielawa.[2] From 1965 to 1970, he played for Górnik Wałbrzych,[3] with whom he competed in the Polish Second Division[1] with over 70 appearances for them.[1] He played as a forward.[1]