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Jan Tomaszewski

1948 - Today

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Jan Tomaszewski (Polish pronunciation: [jan tɔmaˈʂɛvskʲi]; born 9 January 1948) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the 1970s. He kept goal for the Poland national teams that came third at the 1974 World Cup, where he was named Best Goalkeeper, that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and that competed at the 1978 World Cup. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Polish football. He was later a football commentator and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Tomaszewski is the 1,124th most popular soccer player (up from 1,213th in 2019), the 594th most popular biography from Poland (up from 655th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jan Tomaszewski ranks 1,124 out of 21,273Before him are Christian Panucci, Edmílson, Maryan Wisniewski, Dino Baggio, Gaizka Mendieta, and Svatopluk Pluskal. After him are Goro Yamada, Sven Rydell, Christophe Galtier, David Silva, Jean Vincent, and Kepa Arrizabalaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jan Tomaszewski ranks 254Before him are Meg Foster, Wadih Sa'adeh, George Wendt, Muse Bihi Abdi, Terry Goodkind, and Mahamane Ousmane. After him are Steve Winwood, Manuel Bento, Peter Hammill, Sho Kosugi, Jim Carter, and Josip Katalinski.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Tomaszewski ranks 594 out of 1,694Before him are Władysław Bartoszewski (1922), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), Klaus Roth (1925), Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818), Otto Freundlich (1878), and Louis Marcoussis (1878). After him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1729), Michał Rola-Żymierski (1890), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788), Józef Maria Bocheński (1902), Peter Berling (1934), and Aleksander Wolszczan (1946).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Jan Tomaszewski ranks 14Before him are Lukas Podolski (1985), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Włodzimierz Smolarek (1957), Andrzej Szarmach (1950), and Jerzy Dudek (1973). After him are Wolfgang Weber (1944), Władysław Żmuda (1954), Richard Herrmann (1923), Robert Gadocha (1946), Fritz Laband (1925), and Jakub Błaszczykowski (1985).