Waldemar Fornalik

Waldemar Fornalik

Personal information
Full name	Waldemar Fornalik
Date of birth	(1963-04-11) 11 April 1963
Place of birth	Myślenice, Poland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1994	Ruch Chorzów	233	(4)
Teams managed
1996	Polonia Bytom
2001	Górnik Zabrze
2002–2004	Górnik Zabrze
2004–2005	Amica Wronki (assistant)
2005–2006	Odra Wodzisław
2006–2007	Polonia Warsaw
2008	GKS Bełchatów II
2008–2009	Widzew Łódź
2009–2012	Ruch Chorzów
2012–2013	Poland
2014–	Ruch Chorzów
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Waldemar Fornalik (born 11 April 1963 in Myślenice) is a former Polish footballer who played his entire career for Ruch Chorzów.^[1] From July 2012 to October 2013, he was the coach of the Poland national football team.

Playing career

Fornalik won the 1988–89 Ekstraklasa with Ruch Chorzów.

Manager career

Following the end of his playing career, Fornalik began a managing career.^[2] He was manager in Górnik Zabrze and Odra Wodzisław. He won the bronze medal (3rd place) with Ruch Chorzów in the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa season. In the 2011–12 season he led Ruch Chorzow to second place, the highest placement since winning the title in 1989.

In July 2012, Fornalik became the coach of the Poland national football team after the dismissal of Franciszek Smuda.^[3][4][5] On 16 October 2013, after a 0–1 loss to Ukraine in Kharkiv, which confirmed that Poland would not be going to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, and a 0–2 loss to England at Wembley Stadium the previous night, PZPN sacked Fornalik due to not fulfilling his contract objectives.^[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 17 October 2013.

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