{"id":2924,"date":"2012-03-07T23:26:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T23:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2012-03-07T23:26:34","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T23:26:34","slug":"wlodzimierz-smolarek-polish-football-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wlodzimierz-smolarek-polish-football-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u0142odzimierz Smolarek – Polish football hero"},"content":{"rendered":"
W\u0142odzimierz Smolarek<\/strong>, one of the finest players in the history of Polish football, has died in his home town of Aleksandr\u00f3w \u0141\u00f3dzki. He was 55.\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
The peak of his career was in the 1980s, when he played 60 matches for the national team, scoring 13 goals.<\/div>\n
Polish fans have fresh in their memory Smolarek\u2019s wonderful performances, both in midfield and down the wings, in the World Cup tournaments in 1982 and 1986.\u00a0During the game in Spain Poland placed third and Smolared, who scored the opening goal in the victorious game against Peru (5-1 for Poland), was one of the architects of the success. Four years later, in Mexico, he scored the only goal for Poland in the whole tournament. It gave Poland a one nil victory over Portugal and a place in the second round.<\/div>\n
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Smolarek\u2019s long list of successes also includes two Polish championships (as a member of Widzew \u0141\u00f3dz) in 1981 and 1982 and Poland\u2019s Cup in 1985 (also with Widzew).<\/p>\n

After the 1986 World Cup, Smolarek continued his career in Germany, playing for Eintrach Frankfurt (1986-88) and the Netherlands, with Feyenoord Rotterman (1988-90) and FC Utrecht (1990-96). He later worked as a coach with Feyenoord\u2019s under-16 team.<\/p>\n

In 2009, he ran, unsuccessfully, in the elections for the European Parliament.<\/p>\n

His son, Eugeniusz Smolarek, born in 1981, has followed in his father\u2019s footsteps, having played for Feyenoord Rotterman, Borussia Dortmund, Racing Santander, Bolton Wanderers as well as Poland\u2019s national team (47 caps, 20 goals since 2002).<\/p>\n

Here is a little football related vocabulary for you:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

football –\u00a0pi\u0142ka no\u017cna,\u00a0pi\u0142karstwo<\/strong><\/div>\n
one of the finest players –\u00a0jeden\u00a0z najlepszych\u00a0graczy<\/strong><\/div>\n
wonderful performances –\u00a0wspania\u0142e\u00a0osi\u0105gni\u0119cia<\/strong><\/div>\n
opening goal –\u00a0otwieraj\u0105ca\/pierwsza bramka<\/strong><\/div>\n
victorious game –\u00a0zwyci\u0119ska gra<\/strong><\/div>\n
success – sukces,\u00a0powodzenie<\/strong><\/div>\n
championships –\u00a0mistrzostwa, zawody<\/strong><\/div>\n
coach – trener<\/strong><\/div>\n
player – gracz<\/strong><\/div>\n
scoring points – zdobywanie punkt\u00f3w<\/strong><\/div>\n
goalkeeper –\u00a0bramkarz<\/strong><\/div>\n
to defend –\u00a0broni\u0107<\/strong><\/div>\n
team –\u00a0dru\u017cyna<\/strong><\/div>\n
final –\u00a0fina\u0142<\/strong><\/div>\n
supporter, fan – kibic<\/strong><\/div>\n
injury –\u00a0kontuzja<\/strong><\/div>\n
ball –\u00a0pi\u0142ka<\/strong><\/div>\n
football pitch – boisko<\/strong><\/div>\n
to miss –\u00a0chybi\u0107<\/strong><\/div>\n
to cheer on –\u00a0dopingowa\u0107<\/strong><\/div>\n
second half –\u00a0druga po\u0142owa<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Do nast<\/strong>\u0119pnego razu… <\/strong>(Till next time…)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

W\u0142odzimierz Smolarek, one of the finest players in the history of Polish football, has died in his home town of Aleksandr\u00f3w \u0141\u00f3dzki. He was 55. The peak of his career was in the 1980s, when he played 60 matches for the national team, scoring 13 goals. Polish fans have fresh in their memory Smolarek\u2019s wonderful…<\/p>\n

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