Henryk Kasperczak

Henryk Kasperczak
Kasperczak in 2012
Personal information
Full name Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak
Date of birth (1946-07-10) 10 July 1946
Place of birth Zabrze, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1965 Stal Zabrze
1965–1966 Stal Mielec 0 (0)
1966–1968 Legia Warszawa 0 (0)
1968–1978 Stal Mielec 209 (37)
1978–1979 Metz 55 (11)
International career
1973–1978 Poland 61 (5)
Managerial career
1979–1984 Metz
1984–1987 Saint-Étienne
1987–1988 Strasbourg
1989–1990 Racing Club de Paris
1990–1992 Montpellier
1993 Lille
1993–1994 Ivory Coast
1994–1998 Tunisia
1998 Bastia
1999–2000 Al Wasl
2000 Morocco
2000–2001 Shenyang Haishi
2001–2002 Mali
2002–2004 Wisła Kraków
2006–2008 Senegal
2008–2009 Górnik Zabrze
2010 Wisła Kraków
2010–2011 Kavala
2013–2015 Mali
2015–2017 Tunisia
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Poland (as player)
FIFA World Cup
1974 West Germany
Olympic Games
1976 Montréal
Representing  Ivory Coast (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
1994 Tunisia
Representing  Tunisia (as manager)
Runner-up1996 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak (born 10 July 1946) is a Polish former professional football manager and player.

As a player, Kasperczak took part in two FIFA World Cups with Poland, achieving third place in 1974, as well as a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1976 and 1977, he was the winner of the Polish Footballer of the Year Award conferred by the Piłka Nożna football weekly.

As a manager, Kasperczak enjoyed most success in the African Cup of Nations, securing second place with Tunisia in 1996, third with Ivory Coast (1994) and fourth with Mali (2002).