Henryk Kasperczak

{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Henryk Kasperczak | image = Henryk Kasperczak 2012.jpg | caption = Kasperczak in 2012 | fullname = Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak | height = 1.80 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|7|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Zabrze]], Poland | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = | years1 = 1959–1965 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = [[Stal Zabrze]] | years2 = 1965–1966 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = [[Stal Mielec]] | years3 = 1966–1968 | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = [[Legia Warszawa]] | years4 = 1968–1978 | caps4 = 209 | goals4 = 37 | clubs4 = [[Stal Mielec]] | years5 = 1978–1979 | caps5 = 55 | goals5 = 11 | clubs5 = [[FC Metz|Metz]] | nationalyears1 = 1973–1978 | nationalcaps1 = 61 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | nationalteam1 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]] | manageryears1 = 1979–1984 | managerclubs1 = [[FC Metz|Metz]] | manageryears2 = 1984–1987 | managerclubs2 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] | manageryears3 = 1987–1988 | managerclubs3 = [[Racing Strasbourg|Strasbourg]] | manageryears4 = 1989–1990 | managerclubs4 = [[Racing Club de Paris]] | manageryears5 = 1990–1992 | managerclubs5 = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]] | manageryears6 = 1993 | managerclubs6 = [[Lille OSC|Lille]] | manageryears7 = 1993–1994 | managerclubs7 = [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] | manageryears8 = 1994–1998 | managerclubs8 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] | manageryears9 = 1998 | managerclubs9 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] | manageryears10 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs10 = [[Al Wasl FC|Al Wasl]] | manageryears11 = 2000 | managerclubs11 = [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] | manageryears12 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs12 = [[Changsha Ginde F.C.|Shenyang Haishi]] | manageryears13 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs13 = [[Mali national football team|Mali]] | manageryears14 = 2002–2004 | managerclubs14 = [[Wisła Kraków]] | manageryears15 = 2006–2008 | managerclubs15 = [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] | manageryears16 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs16 = [[Górnik Zabrze]] | manageryears17 = 2010 | managerclubs17 = [[Wisła Kraków]] | manageryears18 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs18 = [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]] | manageryears19 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs19 = [[Mali national football team|Mali]] | manageryears20 = 2015–2017 | managerclubs20 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}} (as player) {{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}} {{Medal|3rd|[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 West Germany]]|}} {{Medal|Comp|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montréal]]|}} {{medalCountry|{{fb|CIV}} (as manager)}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}} {{Medal|3rd|[[1994 Africa Cup of Nations|1994 Tunisia]]|}} {{medalCountry|{{fb|TUN}} (as manager)}} {{Medal|RU|[[1996 Africa Cup of Nations|1996 South Africa]]|}} }}

'''Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak''' (born 10 July 1946) is a Polish former professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and [[Football player|player]].

As a player, Kasperczak took part in two [[FIFA World Cup]]s with [[Poland national football team|Poland]], achieving third place in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], as well as a silver medal at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada. In 1976 and 1977, he was the winner of the [[Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite|Polish Footballer of the Year]] Award conferred by the ''[[:pl:Piłka Nożna (tygodnik)|Piłka Nożna]]'' football weekly.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/footballer_of_the_year/polen/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912100349/http://www.worldfootball.net/footballer_of_the_year/polen/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2013 |title=Player of the year – Poland |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>

As a manager, Kasperczak enjoyed most success in the [[African Cup of Nations]], securing second place with [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] in [[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996]], third with [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] ([[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]]) and fourth with [[Mali national football team|Mali]] ([[2002 African Cup of Nations|2002]]).

==Club career== Kasperczak was born in [[Zabrze]]. With [[Stal Mielec]], Kasperczak won two [[Ekstraklasa]] title in his native Poland. He had also played for the reserve team of [[Legia Warsaw]], before ending his career in [[FC Metz]].

==International career== He played for [[Poland national football team|Poland]] at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], securing third place; at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], where the team won the silver medal, and at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]].

==Coaching career== [[File:Kasperczak Henryk.jpg|upright=0.7|left|thumb|Kasperczak in 2007]] Kasperczak spent the first fifteen years (1978–1993) of his coaching career in France, managing [[FC Metz]], [[AS Saint-Étienne]], [[Racing Strasbourg]], [[Racing Club de Paris]], [[Montpellier HSC]] and [[Lille OSC]]. His biggest success was winning [[Coupe de France]] with FC Metz in [[Coupe de France 1983-84|1984]].

Next, Kaspeczak managed two African national teams: first, [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] (1993–1994), achieving third place in the [[1994 African Cup of Nations]], and later [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] (1994–1998), which finished second in the [[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996 Cup]]. Kasperczak also coached Tunisia at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] in France.

During the tournament, Kasperczak was fired and replaced by [[Ali Selmi]], after Tunisia lost the chance to pass the [[1998 FIFA World Cup - Group G|group stage]], losing to [[England national football team|England]] (0–2) and [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] (0–1).

Later, Kasperczak managed [[SC Bastia]] (1998), [[Al Wasl FC]] (1999–2000), [[Morocco national football team|Morocco national team]] (2000), [[Changsha Ginde F.C.|Shenyang Haishi]] (2000–2001) and [[Mali national football team|Mali national team]] (2001–2002). Mali won the fourth place at the [[2002 African Cup of Nations]] under his coaching.

In 2002, Kasperczak came back to his native Poland, and spend the next three years as head coach of [[Wisła Kraków]]. Wisła won three league titles under his coaching.

In 2006, Kaspeczak began managing [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] (2006–2008), however he quit his post during the [[2008 African Cup of Nations]] following a poor run of results which saw them with 1-point in 2 games in a group they had been expected to win.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7213372.stm Senegal coach Kasperczak resigns], BBC Sport, 28 January 2008</ref>

On 16 September 2008, he took over as manager of [[Górnik Zabrze]]. He left Górnik Zabrze on 3 April 2009, when the club was officially relegated from Ekstraklasa to I liga, the second division.<ref>[http://gornikzabrze.pl/index.php?s=508&o=listing_informacji&id_kat=139&id_informacji=10751 Henryk Kasperczak trenerem Górnika!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920200509/http://gornikzabrze.pl/index.php?s=508&o=listing_informacji&id_kat=139&id_informacji=10751 |date=20 September 2008 }}, ''Official website of Górnik Zabrze'', 16 September 2008</ref>

On 15 March 2010, [[Wisła Kraków]] reached an agreement with Kasperczak to appoint him as the new manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/henryk_kasperczak_trenerem_wisly/|title=Henryk Kasperczak trenerem Wisły|publisher=wisla.krakow.pl|access-date=15 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729114339/http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/henryk_kasperczak_trenerem_wisly/|archive-date=29 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|[[Poland national football team|Poland]] |1973||15||2 |- |1974||11||1 |- |1975||9||1 |- |1976||7||0 |- |1977||11||1 |- |1978||8||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!61!!5 |}

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kasperczak goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Henryk Kasperczak |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 20 March 1973 || [[Łódź]], Poland || {{fb|USA}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]] |- | align="center"|2 || 3 August 1973 || [[Chicago]], United States || {{fb|USA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly |- | align="center"|3 || 9 October 1974 || [[Poznań]], Poland || {{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5|UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying]] |- | align="center"|4 || 8 October 1975 || [[Łódź]], Poland || {{fb|HUN}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|4–2 || Friendly |- | align="center"|5 || 10 June 1977 || [[Lima]], Peru || {{fb|PER}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || Friendly |}

==Honours== ===Player=== '''Stal Mielec''' *[[Ekstraklasa]]: [[1972–73 Ekstraklasa|1972–73]], [[1975–76 Ekstraklasa|1975–76]] *[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[1971 Intertoto Cup|1971]]

'''Poland''' * [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] silver medal: [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]<ref name=90m>{{cite web |title=Henryk Kasperczak |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8112 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref> * [[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]<ref name=90m/>

'''Individual''' * [[Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite|''Piłka Nożna'' Polish Footballer of the Year]]: 1976<ref name=PN>{{cite web |title=Laureaci |url=https://pilkanozna.pl/laureaci/ |website=pilkanozna.pl |access-date=21 June 2024 |language=pl}}</ref> * [[Polish Football Association]] National Team of the Century: 1919–2019<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2019 |title=Poznaliśmy Reprezentację 100-lecia! Zobacz najlepszy zespół w historii Polski! - Federacja |url=https://pzpn.pl/federacja/aktualnosci/2019-12-07/poznalismy-reprezentacje-100-lecia-zobacz-najlepszy-zespol-w-historii-polski |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=PZPN - Łączy nas piłka |language=pl}}</ref>

===Manager===

'''FC Metz''' *[[Coupe de France]]: [[1984 Coupe de France Final|1983–84]]

'''RC Strasbourg''' *[[Ligue 2]]: [[1987–88 French Division 2|1987–88]]

'''RC Paris''' *[[Coupe de France]] runner-up: [[1989–90 Coupe de France|1989–90]]

'''Ivory Coast''' *[[African Cup of Nations]] third place: [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]]

'''Tunisia''' *[[African Cup of Nations]] runner-up : [[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996]]

'''Mali''' *[[African Cup of Nations]] fourth place: [[2002 African Cup of Nations|2002]]

'''Individual''' * [[Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite|Polish Coach of the Year]]: 2002<ref name=PN/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://rfbl.pl/henryk-kasperczak/ Henryk Kasperczak - from Mielec to conquer Africa]

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