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Zbigniew Boniek

1956 - Today

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Zbigniew Boniek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛv ˈbɔɲɛk]; born 3 March 1956) is a Polish former footballer and manager and the current head of the Polish Football Association (PZPN). A former midfielder, who was also capable of playing mostly as a right winger and second striker, he is considered one of the greatest Polish players of all time, and was selected by Pelé as one of the 100 best living footballers in 2004.In an 80-cap international career, he scored 24 goals and played at three consecutive World Cups, helping Poland to 3rd place in 1982 and making the Team of the Tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zbigniew Boniek has received more than 442,124 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Zbigniew Boniek is the 238th most popular soccer player (up from 248th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Poland (up from 277th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.42

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 238 out of 16,923. Before him are Shoichi Nishimura, Jair Marinho, Samuel Eto'o, Luis Enrique, Toshio Hirabayashi, and Paul Van Himst. After him are Andreas Brehme, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, František Plánička, Jupp Derwall, Masanori Tokita, and Pedro Cea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 39. Before him are Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Anthony Bourdain, Leslie Cheung, Steve Harris, Aileen Wuornos, and Marc Dutroux. After him are Kim Cattrall, Ingemar Stenmark, Michael Connelly, David Caruso, John Lydon, and Imelda Staunton.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 248 out of 1,231. Before him are Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Udo Lattek (1935), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845), and Piast the Wheelwright (800). After him are Kurt Masur (1927), Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1030), Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895), Bronisław Komorowski (1952), Miguel Najdorf (1910), and Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 4. Before him are Miroslav Klose (1978), Grzegorz Lato (1950), and Udo Lattek (1935). After him are Sepp Piontek (1940), Robert Lewandowski (1988), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Lukas Podolski (1985), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Jerzy Dudek (1973), and Andrzej Szarmach (1950).

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