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Full name | Marian Wisniewski | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 February 1937 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Calonne-Ricouart, France | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 March 2022 | (aged 85)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Carpentras, France | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
US Auchel | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1953–1963 | Lens | 277 | (93) | |||||||||||
1963–1964 | Sampdoria | 21 | (4) | |||||||||||
1964–1966 | Saint-Étienne | 46 | (12) | |||||||||||
1966–1969 | Sochaux | 86 | (8) | |||||||||||
1969–1970 | Grenoble | 27 | (4) | |||||||||||
Total | 457 | (121) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1955–1963 | France | 33 | (12) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marian Wisniewski (1 February 1937 – 3 March 2022), known as Maryan Wisniewski, was a French footballer who played as a forward.[2]
Marian Wisniewski was born on 1 February 1937 in Calonne-Ricouart, Pas-de-Calais.[3] He earned 33 caps and scored 12 goals for the France national team, and played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup when France finished third. He made his international debut on 3 April 1955, thus becoming the youngest footballer to play for France[4] at the age of 18 years and 2 months.[citation needed]
Wisniewski died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 85, in Carpentras, Vaucluse.[3] His grandnephew Jonathan Wisniewski is a former professional rugby union player.[citation needed]