Waldemar Matysik

Waldemar Józef Matysik (born 27 September 1961) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Waldemar Matysik

Personal information
Full name	Waldemar Józef Matysik
Date of birth	(1961-09-27) 27 September 1961
Place of birth	Stanica, Poland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Orzeł Stanica
	Carbo Gliwice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1987	Górnik Zabrze	172	(7)
1987–1990	AJ Auxerre	110	(0)
1990–1993	Hamburger SV	94	(1)
1993–1994	Wuppertaler SV	35	(2)
1994–1995	VfB Wissen	26	(0)
1996–1997	Rot-Weiss Essen	49	(0)
1997	FC Germania Dattenfeld 1916
International career
1980–1989	Poland	55	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing Poland FIFA World Cup 1982 Spain UEFA European Under-18 Championship Runner-up 1980 East Germany
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played mostly for Górnik Zabrze, where he scored seven goals in 127 matches. In 1987, he went abroad and played for AJ Auxerre in France (110 matches) and later for Hamburger SV (94 matches, one goal) in Germany. In 1993, he went to Wuppertaler SV (35 games, two goals), a year later Matysik chose VfB 1914 Wissen (26 games). His professional career ended at Rot-Weiss Essen, where during the years 1996–97 Matysik played 49 matches.

He played for the Poland national team (55 matches) and was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	1980	1	0
	1981	9	0
	1982	6	0
	1983	0	0
	1984	9	0
	1985	14	0
	1986	8	0
	1987	4	0
	1988	2	0
	1989	2	0
Total		55	0

Honours

Górnik Zabrze

• Ekstraklasa: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87

Poland

• FIFA World Cup third place: 1982

Poland U18

• UEFA European Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1980

Individual

• Polish Newcomer of the Year: 1981

External links

• Waldemar Matysik at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Waldemar Matysik at WorldFootball.net