Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 May 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Gdańsk, Poland | ||
Date of death | 12 October 2022 | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Gdańsk, Poland | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1979 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1980–1985 | Lechia Gdańsk | 98 | (7) |
1985–1987 | Igloopol Dębica | ||
1987–1988 | Arka Gdynia | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dariusz Raczyński (30 May 1962 – 12 October 2022) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best known for winning the Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup in 1983 with his hometown club Lechia Gdańsk, their first major trophies and greatest success to date. [1]
Raczyński was born in Gdańsk on 30 May 1962. [2] He made his footballing debut with Lechia Gdańsk on 16 March 1980 playing against PKS Odra Wrocław. [3] In his first three seasons he made 48 appearances and scored 5 goals in the II liga, with Lechia suffering relegation to the third tier at the end of his third season. [4]
Despite being relegated it was a time which would become an historic period for the club. The 1982–83 season saw Lechia winning the III liga [4] with Raczyński making 13 appearances and scored 2 league goals [5] as Lechia won the division and playing in five games of Lechia's winning Polish Cup run, beating Piast Gliwice in the final 2–1. [6] [7] [8] The following season Lechia won the Polish Super Cup final by beating the Polish champions Lech Poznań 1–0, [9] with Raczyński starting the game. He also played in a 3–2 home defeat against Juventus in a European competition due to the previous season's cup win. [10] [11] Lechia also won promotion to the top division that season by winning the II liga for the 1983–84 season. [12]
That season would prove to be his last playing for Lechia, having made his final appearance for the club on 8 June 1985 against GKS Katowice. [2] In total for Lechia he made 111 appearances and scored 9 in all competitions. [13]
Raczyński then played a further two seasons for Igloopol Dębica [14] [1] and then one and a half for Arka Gdynia, with whom he won promotion to the second division in 1988 [14] before retiring six months later. [1] [2]
Raczyński died in his hometown Gdańsk after a serious illness on 12 October 2022, at the age of 60. [15] [2]
Arka Gdynia [14]
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