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Włodzimierz Smolarek

1957 - 2012

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Włodzimierz Wojciech Smolarek (16 July 1957 – 7 March 2012) was a Polish footballer who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder. He played most of his 20-year professional career with Widzew Łódź and Utrecht, appearing in more than 200 official games for the former. He amassed Eredivisie totals of 212 matches and 45 goals, over the course of eight seasons. Smolarek represented Poland in two World Cups, earning 60 caps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Włodzimierz Smolarek is the 880th most popular soccer player (down from 590th in 2019), the 505th most popular biography from Poland (down from 408th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Włodzimierz Smolarek ranks 880 out of 21,273. Before him are Luis García, Erich Probst, Hans Tilkowski, Virginio Rosetta, Adelardo Rodríguez, and Altair Gomes de Figueiredo. After him are Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Adolf Scherer, Juan Ramón Verón, Todor Veselinović, Willian, and Ricardo Carvalho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Włodzimierz Smolarek ranks 102. Before him are Timothy Spall, Joaquim de Almeida, Ikuo Takahara, Lucélia Santos, Esmail Ghaani, and Víctor Muñoz. After him are Mikhail Pletnev, Ted Levine, Shigeru Ban, Bruce Rauner, Loreena McKennitt, and Rachel Ward. Among people deceased in 2012, Włodzimierz Smolarek ranks 129. Before him are Félix Miélli Venerando, Neslişah Sultan, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Sergio Pininfarina, Jack Tramiel, and Sally Ride. After him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Henry Hill, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Al Freeman Jr., Svetozar Gligorić, and Thomas Szasz.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Włodzimierz Smolarek ranks 505 out of 1,694. Before him are Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1734), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff (1905), Wolf Messing (1899), Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886), and Anna Leszczyńska (1699). After him are Paul Wegener (1874), Krakus (null), Robert Kubica (1984), Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Marek Grechuta (1945), and Mieszko I Tanglefoot (1132).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Włodzimierz Smolarek ranks 11. Before him are Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), Lukas Podolski (1985), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), and Włodzimierz Lubański (1947). After him are Andrzej Szarmach (1950), Jerzy Dudek (1973), Jan Tomaszewski (1948), Wolfgang Weber (1944), Władysław Żmuda (1954), and Richard Herrmann (1923).

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