Polish footballer and coach

Marek Motyka (born April 17, 1958, in Żywiec) is a Polish football manager and former footballer, currently in charge of LKS Śledziejowice.

Contents

• 1 Player career
  • 1.1 Club
  • 1.2 National team
• 2 Coaching career
• 3 References

Player career

Club

Marek Motyka began his career with two hometown clubs: Sole and Koszarawa Żywiec. Later he played for Hutnik Kraków, and in the beginning of 1978 moved to Wisła Kraków. In 1990, he played for the Norwegian club SK Brann. He eventually returned to Poland to play for Hetman Zamość, Cracovia, Kalwarianka Kalwaria Zebrzydowska and Garbarz Zembrzyce. Motyka played in 224 matches and scored 6 goals in the Polish 1st Division.

National team

In addition, he represented Poland on 8 different occasions.

Coaching career

Motyka began his coaching career at Szczakowianka Jaworzno which he managed from May 21, 2002, to May 22, 2003. He managed Tłoki Gorzyce after his time in Jaworzno. On July 1, 2004, Polonia Warsaw hired Motyka with the goal of avoiding degradation. On July 15, 2005, he was replaced by Dariusz Kubicki. On November 4, 2005, he joined Górnik Zabrze and managed to save the team from degradation to the Polish Second Division. Between January and April 2006 he was temporarily replaced by Ryszard Komornicki, but replaced soon after. On December 12, 2006, he was released by Górnik. Zdzisław Podedworny soon took the position at Gornik Zabrze. He was hired once again in March 2007, after the 2nd round of the spring 2007 season by Gornik Zabrze. On July 9, 2008, Motyka was appointed as manager of Polonia Bytom. In 2009, he joined Korona Kielce.

References

• Marek Motyka at National-Football-Teams.com