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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 as well as a current UEFA vice-president. 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, Boniek 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 773,396 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Zbigniew Boniek is the 216th most popular soccer player (up from 238th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Poland (down from 248th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

Zbigniew boniek is most famous for playing for the Polish national team and scoring the winning goal in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 216 out of 16,880. Before him are Duncan Edwards, René van de Kerkhof, Willy van de Kerkhof, Yozo Aoki, Manuel Neuer, and Arjen Robben. After him are Hideo Sakai, Stjepan Bobek, Mauricio Pochettino, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, and Teófilo Cubillas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 46. Before him are Bob Saget, Steve Harris, Eric Roberts, David Caruso, Ian Curtis, and Bakir Izetbegović. After him are Jost Gippert, Anthony Bourdain, Guido van Rossum, Ravi Shankar, Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Michele Alboreto.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 254 out of 1,454. Before him are Anna von Schweidnitz (1339), Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954), Kurt Masur (1927), Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793), Wanda Landowska (1879), and Leopold Trepper (1904). After him are Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), Stanisława Walasiewicz (1911), Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785), Edward Gierek (1913), Bolesław Prus (1847), and Hans Kammler (1901).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Zbigniew Boniek ranks 5. Before him are Udo Lattek (1935), Miroslav Klose (1978), Robert Lewandowski (1988), and Grzegorz Lato (1950). After him are Sepp Piontek (1940), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Lukas Podolski (1985), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Andrzej Szarmach (1950), and Jerzy Dudek (1973).

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