Mariusz Jop

I have a soft spot for defenders who become managers, and Mariusz Jop fits the mold perfectly. A towering 188 cm centre-back who logged the unglamorous miles for Polish football, he now steers Wisła Kraków in the Ekstraklasa. Players who once absorbed the physical punishment tend to speak to their squads with a credibility that polished tacticians cannot fake. His roots in the industrial town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski only deepen that impression of a self-made grinder. He is the kind of quiet architect who builds a club's backbone rather than chasing headlines, and that earns my respect.

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Name (English)

Mariusz Jop

Name (Japanese)

マリウシュ・ヨプ

Reading

まりうしゅ・よぷ

Born

August 3, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariusz%20Jop
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%97
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361341

Tags

• Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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