SOCCER PLAYER

Janusz Kupcewicz

1955 - 2022

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Janusz Bogdan Kupcewicz (9 December 1955 – 4 July 2022) was a Polish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Widely regarded as one of the best Polish players of his era, he most notably won the bronze with the national team at 1982 World Cup, in which he was a key player with his final goal being instrumental in the success. He was voted in Arka Gdynia's best all-time XI after winning their first ever Polish Cup in 1979. He then went on to win the title with Lech Poznań in 1983. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janusz Kupcewicz is the 4,240th most popular soccer player (up from 4,440th in 2019), the 1,135th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,160th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Janusz Kupcewicz ranks 4,240 out of 21,273. Before him are Mircea David, Genichi Takahashi, Diógenes Lara, Jorge Andrade, Gérard Soler, and Gaston Peltier. After him are Pavel Černý, Oleguer Presas, Johan Micoud, Aki Schmidt, Gérald Passi, and Aníbal Tarabini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Janusz Kupcewicz ranks 405. Before him are Philippe Boisse, Chen Quanguo, Jake Roberts, Marcelo Trobbiani, Yōjirō Takita, and Enver İzmaylov. After him are Uwe Reinders, Rob Portman, Mihovil Nakić, Jean Lassalle, Toshio Hosokawa, and Reinhold Mitterlehner. Among people deceased in 2022, Janusz Kupcewicz ranks 489. Before him are Abuzed Omar Dorda, Géza Csapó, Manuel Göttsching, Pietro Citati, Henry Lincoln, and Horacio Accavallo. After him are Wilson Kiprugut, Miodrag Ješić, Walter Abish, Takeoff, Robert Morse, and Margot Eskens.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Janusz Kupcewicz ranks 1,135 out of 1,694. Before him are Łukasz Fabiański (1985), Leopold Skulski (1877), Joachim Marx (1944), Henryk Grossman (1881), Józef Grudzień (1939), and Kazimierz Brodziński (1791). After him are Adam Małysz (1977), Witold Woyda (1939), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Miron Białoszewski (1922), Maria Kwaśniewska (1913), and Władysław Żeleński (1837).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Janusz Kupcewicz ranks 37. Before him are Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945), Arkadiusz Milik (1994), Gerard Cieślik (1927), Gerard Wodarz (1913), Łukasz Fabiański (1985), and Joachim Marx (1944). After him are Krzysztof Warzycha (1964), Adam Nawałka (1957), Krzysztof Piątek (1995), Zygmunt Anczok (1946), Antoni Szymanowski (1951), and Adam Musiał (1948).

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