Włodzimierz Smolarek

Smolarek is the kind of footballer I instinctively respect: not a flashy headline-grabber but a tireless winger who gave twenty years to the game, anchored at Widzew Łódź and Utrecht. Forty-five Eredivisie goals across eight seasons isn't glamorous on paper, yet it speaks of consistency and grit, the unglamorous virtues that win matches. Two Polish Player of the Year honours and a state decoration tell me how dearly his homeland held him. His death in 2012 at just fifty-four feels far too early. I quietly tip my hat to a craftsman who let his running, not his ego, do the talking.

Name (English)

Włodzimierz Smolarek

Name (Japanese)

ヴォジミエシュ・スモラレク

Reading

ゔぉじみえしゅ・すもられく

Born

July 16, 1957 – March 7, 2012

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rooster

Origin

Aleksandrów Łódzki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

Height

171 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• 1984 Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite
• 1986 Piłka nożna magazine plebiscite
• Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Łódź Voivodeship
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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