Piotr Mowlik (born 21 April 1951) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career Club In 1965, Mowlik began as an apprentice with LZS Orzepowice. In 1966, he signed as a professional with ROW Rybnik where he played until 1970. That year, he also briefly played for Unia Racibórz. In 1971, he joined Legia Warsaw where he played 131 games. He then transferred to Lech Poznań in 1977. In 1983, he moved to the United States where he joined the Pittsburgh Spirit of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He spent the 1985–86 season behind starter David Brcic, appearing in just one game. On 1 March 1986, the Spirit sold his contract to the Tacoma Stars and he played his first game in Tacoma four days later.NEW GOALIE SAVES STARS' TRIUMPH Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Tuesday, 4 March 1986
National He earned 21 caps for the Poland national team between 1974 and 1981. In 1982 he was an unused sub at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the bronze medal. With the Polish Olympic team, back then usually with the same squad as the full national side, Mowlik participated at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal in the football tournament. He was brought into the gold medal match for the usual starting goalie Jan Tomaszewski after 19 minutes when eventual winner East Germany was already up 2-0.
International + Appearances, conceded goals and clean sheets by national teamNational teamYearAppsConceded GoalsClean SheetsPoland1974101197511019762111977000197800019791011980131251981322Total211610
Personal life He is the father of professional footballer Mariusz Mowlik and uncle of professional footballer David Topolski.http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=1414 90minut.pl profile
Honours Legia Warsaw Polish Cup: 1972–73
Lech Poznań Ekstraklasa: 1982–83 Polish Cup: 1981–82
Poland Olympic silver medal: 1976 FIFA World Cup third place: 1982
Individual Lech Poznań All-time XI
References
External links FIFA Player Profile Lech Poznan – in Polish