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Jan Tomaszewski (born 9 January 1948) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the 1970s. He kept goal for the Poland national teams that came third at the 1974 World Cup, where he was named Best Goalkeeper, that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and that competed at the 1978 World Cup. He was later a football commentator and politician.

Jan Tomaszewski

Tomaszewski in 2005
Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-01-09) 9 January 1948 (age 74)
Place of birth	Wrocław, Poland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1960–1962	Śląsk Wrocław
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1967	Gwardia Wrocław		(0)
1967–1970	Śląsk Wrocław	25	(0)
1970–1972	Legia Warsaw	19	(0)
1972–1978	ŁKS Łódź	155	(1)
1978–1981	Beerschot	85	(0)
1981–1982	Hércules	12	(0)
1982–1984	ŁKS Łódź	4	(0)
National team
1971–1981	Poland	63	(0)
Teams managed
1989	Widzew Łódź
Honours Men's football Representing  Poland FIFA World Cup 1974 West Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montreal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Tomaszewski grew up in Wrocław where his parents were expelled from Vilnius after World War II.[1]

Tomaszewski's club career was mainly at ŁKS Łódź, having been forbidden by Poland's communist government to play abroad before the age of 30, even after coming to international attention.

After the 1978 World Cup, he moved abroad, first to Belgian club Beerschot, and then Hércules in Spain, before retiring in 1984 after two more years with Łódź. In all he won 63 caps for Poland,[2] making him at the time his country's most-capped goalkeeper, although that record was later broken by Artur Boruc in 2016.[3]

International career

Tomaszewski is best remembered by some for his performance for the Poland national team against England, in a qualifying match for the 1974 World Cup, which England needed to win.[4] Tomaszewski had been labelled "a clown" by Brian Clough before the match (the two men however became quite friendly in later years), but had the last laugh as he turned in a man-of-the-match performance repeatedly denying England's attackers; the only goal he conceded being an equalizing penalty from Allan Clarke.[5] Earlier, Jan Domarski had scored for the Poles. Poland drew the game 1–1 and qualified for the finals in West Germany at the expense of England.[6]

In "The Story of the World Cup", Brian Glanville wrote: "In retrospect, to be eliminated by so fine a side as Poland seems no disgrace, but this is a posteriori reasoning. I doubt if England could have made so dazzling a contribution as Poland to the tournament, yet it should be remembered that the Poland which beat England and the Poland which took their place were two very different propositions". (p. 191, 2005 edn.)

International

Appearances, conceded goals and clean sheets by national team

National team	Year	Apps	Conceded Goals	Clean Sheets
Poland	1971	1	3	0
	1972	0	0	0
	1973	13	9	6
	1974	12	13	4
	1975	9	7	3
	1976	7	9	2
	1977	12	15	1
	1978	7	3	5
	1979	0	0	0
	1980	0	0	0
	1981	2	1	1
Total		63	60	23

Other achievements

Poland went on to claim third place during a World Cup in which Tomaszewski saved two penalties in two different matches (from Staffan Tapper and Uli Hoeneß) – the first 'keeper in FIFA World Cup history to do so. Tomaszewski went on to win a silver medal with Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and also played in the 1978 World Cup, where Poland disappointed in only managing to get as far as the second group phase.

Later life

After his playing career he worked as a commentator and sports journalist. He was elected to the Sejm at the 2011 election, representing Łódź for Law and Justice.

Footnotes

External links

• Jan Tomaszewski – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Jan Tomaszewski at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jan Tomaszewski Profile at goalkeepersaredifferent.com

На других языках

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[de] Jan Tomaszewski

Jan Tomaszewski (* 9. Januar 1948 in Breslau, Polen) ist ein ehemaliger polnischer Fußballspieler, der Politiker geworden ist. Er war Torwart der Fußball-Nationalmannschaft Polens, die bei der Weltmeisterschaft 1974 in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland den 3. Platz erreichte.

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- [en] Jan Tomaszewski

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[es] Jan Tomaszewski

Jan Tomaszewski (Breslavia, Polonia, 9 de enero de 1948) es un exfutbolista polaco que se desempeñaba en la posición de guardameta. Fue el portero titular de la selección nacional de Polonia durante la década de 1970, alcanzando con la biało-czerwoni el tercer lugar en la Copa Mundial de 1974 celebrada en Alemania Occidental, donde fue nombrado mejor arquero del torneo. Con la selección polaca también ganó la medalla de plata en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1976 en Montreal, y fue portero titular en la Copa Mundial de 1978 en Argentina. Después de su retiro, fue comentarista de fútbol y político.

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[fr] Jan Tomaszewski

Jan Tomaszewski est un footballeur international polonais né le 9 janvier 1948 à Wrocław.

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[it] Jan Tomaszewski

Jan Tomaszewski (Breslavia, 9 gennaio 1948) è un ex calciatore polacco, di ruolo portiere.

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[ru] Томашевский, Ян

Ян Томаше́вский (польск. Jan Tomaszewski; 9 января 1948, Вроцлав, Польша) — польский футболист, футбольный тренер и спортивный обозреватель. Выступал на позиции вратаря. Один из лучших вратарей в истории польского футбола, в 1970-е годы считался одним из лучших вратарей мира. В 2000 году вошёл в список лучших вратарей Европы XX века по версии МФФИИС.

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