Janusz Wójcik

Janusz Marek Wójcik (born November 18, 1953 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician and former football player and coach. He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Physical Education in 1979 and played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik (Warsaw), Ravalpandi (Pakistan) and the Toronto Falcons (Canada). Wójcik also trained several Polish clubs like Hutnik Kraków, Jagiellonia Białystok, Legia Warszawa, Pogoń Szczecin and Lukullus Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki as well as the Polish olympic team which won the silver medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, Polish national senior football team, and the U-18 and U-16 national teams of Poland. He worked as a manager also out of his country like Al-Khallej, Anorthosis Famagusta and Syria national team.

He is a member of the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland party and was elected to Sejm (the lower chamber of the Polish parliament) on September 25, 2005 getting 4236 votes in 24 Białystok district.

On 8 January 2006 he was arrested for driving a car under the influence of alcohol. On 21 April 2008 he was appointed as Widzew Lodz manager.

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Janusz Marek Wójcik - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Krzysztof Pawlak (a.i.)	Poland National Team Coach September 6, 1997 – October 9, 1999	Succeeded by Jerzy Engel

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