Piotr Mowlik
Polish footballer (born 1951)
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Piotr Mowlik (born 21 April 1951) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| Date of birth | 21 April 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rybnik, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | 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
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[2]
National
He earned 21 caps for the Poland national team between 1974 and 1981. In 1982 he was an unused sub at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal. With the Polish Olympic team, back then usually with the same squad as the full national side, Mowlik participated at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal in the football tournament. He was brought into the gold medal match for the usual starting goalie Jan Tomaszewski after 19 minutes when eventual winner East Germany was already up 2-0.
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Conceded
Goals |
Clean
Sheets |
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| 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.[3]
Honours
- Legia Warsaw
- Polish Cup: 1972–73[4]
- Lech Poznań[4]
- Ekstraklasa: 1982–83
- Polish Cup: 1981–82
Poland[4]
- Olympic silver medal: 1976
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1982
- Individual
- Lech Poznań All-time XI[5]