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Andrzej Edward "Eddie" Niedzwiecki; born 3 May 1959) is a Welsh football coach and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently assistant manager of AFC Wimbledon.

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Eddie Niedzwiecki

Personal information
Full name	Andrzej Edward Niedzwiecki
Date of birth	(1959-05-03) 3 May 1959 (age 63)
Place of birth	Bangor, Wales
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	AFC Wimbledon (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1983	Wrexham	111	(0)
1983–1988	Chelsea	136	(0)
Total		247	(0)
National team
1985–1987	Wales	2	(0)
Teams managed
1991	Reading (caretaker)
2012	Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
2018	Stoke City (caretaker)
2019–2020	Reading F.C. (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After retiring early due to injury Niedzwiecki became a coach with Chelsea and then Arsenal before working alongside Mark Hughes with the Wales national team. Since then he has worked with Hughes at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City and Southampton.

Playing career

Starting his playing career with Wrexham at the age of 14, Niedzwiecki won the Third Division title of 1978 with the side. He stayed with the club until the summer of 1983, when he was signed for Chelsea by former Wrexham manager, John Neal. He quickly won a regular place in the Chelsea starting line-up and was impressive as the side won the Second Division title in his first season. He also earned two caps for Wales during his playing career.

Coaching career

Niedzwiecki was forced to retire aged 28, after battling numerous injuries. He later became a coach at Chelsea, eventually leaving the club in November 2000 after the arrival of new boss Claudio Ranieri. Niedzwiecki then linked up shortly after with Arsenal,[1] succeeding the late George Armstrong as reserve team coach. He also worked as a part-time coach with Wales, under new manager Mark Hughes during this time.[1] In September 2004, he joined Blackburn Rovers, again under Hughes, as a first-team coach.[1] When Hughes left for Manchester City four years later, he was among several at Blackburn who followed him to Manchester.[1]

However, on 19 December 2009 Hughes and his backroom staff were relieved of their duties at the Sky Blues. Niedzwiecki once again linked up as a coach with Hughes in 2010 at Fulham.[1] He left the club in the summer of 2011 alongside Hughes. In 2012, he joined Queens Park Rangers' as a member of the coaching staff, after Hughes was appointed as the side's manager.[1] He together with Mark Bowen were briefly appointed as joint caretaker managers after Hughes' dismissal in November 2012.[2] Niedzwiecki then went on to join up with Hughes at Stoke City in June 2013.[3] He left Stoke in January 2018.[4]

In March 2018, he was appointed assistant first-team coach at Southampton, following the appointment of Hughes as manager.[5][6] In May 2018, after Southampton's Premier League status was confirmed, it was announced that Niedzwiecki had signed a new long-term contract.[7] On 3 December 2018, he was dismissed following the sacking of Mark Hughes.[8]

In October 2019, Eddie was pictured with new Reading F.C. Boss Mark Bowen it was later confirmed that Eddie had joined up with former Mark Hughes assistant Mark Bowen as an Assistant manager at Reading.

In March 2022, following Bowen's appointment at AFC Wimbledon, Niedzwiecki was appointed assistant manager of the League One club.[9]

Career statistics

As a player

• Sourced from Eddie Niedzwiecki at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other[A]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wrexham	1977–78	Third Division	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
	1978–79	Second Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	1979–80	Second Division	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
	1980–81	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1981–82	Second Division	42	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	51	0
	1982–83	Third Division	42	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	46	0
	Total		111	0	7	0	9	0	1	0	128	0
Chelsea	1983–84	Second Division	42	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	48	0
	1984–85	First Division	40	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	52	0
	1985–86	First Division	30	0	2	0	8	0	5	0	45	0
	1986–87	First Division	10	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	14	0
	1987–88	First Division	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
	Total		136	0	8	0	25	0	6	0	175	0
Career Total			247	0	15	0	34	0	7	0	303	0

As a manager

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win%
Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)	23 November 2012	25 November 2012	1	0	0	1	000.00
Stoke City (caretaker)	6 January 2018	15 January 2018	1	0	0	1	000.00
Total[10]			2	0	0	2	000.00

Honours

Wrexham

• Football League Third Division champions: 1977–78

Chelsea

• Football League Second Division champions: 1983–84

References

External links

• Eddie Niedzwiecki at National-Football-Teams.com
• Eddie Niedzwiecki at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

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[de] Eddie Niedzwiecki

Andrzej Edward „Eddie“ Niedzwiecki (* 3. Mai 1959 in Bangor) ist ein ehemaliger walisischer Fußballtorhüter und derzeitiger -trainer.

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- [en] Eddie Niedzwiecki

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[es] Eddie Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki (Bangor, Gales, 3 de mayo de 1959) es un exfutbolista galés de origen polaco que jugó como portero para el Wrexham y el Chelsea. Actualmente es el entrenador del primer equipo del Stoke City.

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[fr] Eddie Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki est un ancien gardien de but de football britannique né à Bangor (Pays de Galles) le 3 mai 1959. Il a joué pour les clubs de Chelsea, avec lequel il a été élu "joueur de l'année", et pour Wrexham. Il compte 2 sélections en équipe du Pays de Galles.

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[it] Eddie Niedzwiecki

Eddie Niedzwiecki (Bangor, 3 maggio 1959) è un dirigente sportivo, allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore britannico, di ruolo portiere.

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[ru] Недзвецки, Эдди

Анджей Эдвард Недзвецки (англ. Andrzej Edward Niedzwiecki; род. 3 мая 1959 года, Бангор, Уэльс) — футболист и тренер, голкипер, игравший в футбольных клубах «Рексем» и «Челси». Дважды выходил на поле в составе валийской сборной. Рано завершил карьеру голкипера из-за преследовавших его травм. Работал в тренерских штабах различных английских клубов.

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