Pawel Janas
Pawel Janas (born March 4, 1953 in Pabianice, Poland) is the current coach of the Polish national football team whose first game in charge resulted in a 0-0 tie in a friendly match with Croatia on February 12, 2003. Janas began playing for the Włókniarz Pabianice team in 1965, but later left the team in 1973. From 1976 to 1984 he represented Poland in 53 games. Janas played in all of Poland's games at the 1982 World Cup in Spain where the team achieved 3rd place. His coaching career started as an assistant at Legia Warszawa in 1988. He later ended his work at Legia Warszawa in 1990. From 1990 to 1992 he helped Władysław Stachurski lead the Polish youth squad. He was assistant to Janusz Wójcik at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona where Poland won the silver medal. In the same year he again became Wójcik's assistant, this time at Legia. From 1994 to 1996 Janas was the head coach at Legia where he and his team won the Championship (1994,
1995), Polish Cup (1994, 1995), Polish Supercup (1994), as well as advanced to the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions' Cup (1995-96 season). From 1996 to 1999 Janas coached the Polish youth/Olympic squad, which advanced to the quarter finals of the European Championships. From 1999 he worked as the manager and vice-president of sport at Amica Wronki until 2002. On December 20th, 2002, he officially took charge of the Polish national team.
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