Full name Jacek Zieliński Playing position Team Apps Spouse Maria Zielińska | Place of birth Tarnobrzeg, Poland Years Team Height 1.82 m Siblings Iwona Zielińska | |
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Date of birth (1961-03-22) March 22, 1961 (age 55) Parents Józefa Zielińska, Janusz Zieliński Children Tomasz Zieliński, Maciej Zieliński Similar Mateusz Cetnarski, Hubert Wołąkiewicz, Janusz Filipiak, Tomasz Brzyski, Czesław Michniewicz | ||
Jacek Zieliński (born March 22, 1961 in Tarnobrzeg) is a Polish footballer, and football coach. He currently manages KS Cracovia.
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Career
Zieliński began his career at Siarka Tarnobrzeg, and became captain in the 1977 season.
Manager career
Zieliński later took over the manager role at many Polish clubs, such as Korona Kielce, GKS Bełchatów, Górnik Łęczna, Groclin Dyskobolia, and Polonia Warsaw.
On 5 June 2009 he took over Lech Poznań where he won Polish Championship in 2009/2010 season. After defeat in Champions League third round qualifications, team was moved to Europa League then won next games and has been promoted to group stage of this tournament. Under management of Jacek Zieliński club successfully compete with Juventus and Manchester City but same time in Polish Ekstraklasa was one of the worst teams among others. This resulted in his dismissal from Lech Poznań manager on 5 November 2010.
On 22 March 2011 Jacek Zieliński, after 2 years break, returned on position of Polonia Warsaw manager.