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{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1946)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name               = Henryk Kasperczak
| image              = Henryk Kasperczak 2012.jpg
| caption            = Kasperczak in 2012
| fullname           = Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak
| height             = 1.80 m
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1946|7|10|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Zabrze]], Poland
| position           = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub        = 
| years1 = 1959–1965 | caps1 =     | goals1 =    | clubs1 = [[Stal Zabrze]]
| years2 = 1965–1966 | caps2 = 0   | goals2 = 0   | clubs2 = [[Stal Mielec]]
| years3 = 1966–1968 | caps3 = 0   | goals3 = 0   | clubs3 = [[Legia Warszawa]]
| years4 = 1968–1978 | caps4 = 209 | goals4 = 37 | clubs4 = [[Stal Mielec]]
| years5 = 1978–1979 | caps5 = 55  | goals5 = 11 | clubs5 = [[FC Metz|Metz]]
| nationalyears1 = 1973–1978 | nationalcaps1 = 61 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | nationalteam1 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| manageryears1  = 1979–1984  | managerclubs1  = [[FC Metz|Metz]]
| manageryears2  = 1984–1987  | managerclubs2  = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]
| manageryears3  = 1987–1988  | managerclubs3  = [[Racing Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]
| manageryears4  = 1989–1990  | managerclubs4  = [[Racing Club de Paris]]
| manageryears5  = 1990–1992  | managerclubs5  = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]
| manageryears6  = 1993       | managerclubs6  = [[Lille OSC|Lille]]
| manageryears7  = 1993–1994  | managerclubs7  = [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]]
| manageryears8  = 1994–1998  | managerclubs8  = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
| manageryears9  = 1998       | managerclubs9  = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| manageryears10 = 1999–2000  | managerclubs10 = [[Al Wasl FC|Al Wasl]]
| manageryears11 = 2000       | managerclubs11 = [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]]
| manageryears12 = 2000–2001  | managerclubs12 = [[Changsha Ginde F.C.|Shenyang Haishi]]
| manageryears13 = 2001–2002  | managerclubs13 = [[Mali national football team|Mali]]
| manageryears14 = 2002–2004  | managerclubs14 = [[Wisła Kraków]]
| manageryears15 = 2006–2008  | managerclubs15 = [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]]
| manageryears16 = 2008–2009  | managerclubs16 = [[Górnik Zabrze]]
| manageryears17 = 2010       | managerclubs17 = [[Wisła Kraków]]
| manageryears18 = 2010–2011  | managerclubs18 = [[Kavala F.C.|Kavala]]
| manageryears19 = 2013–2015  | managerclubs19 = [[Mali national football team|Mali]]
| manageryears20 = 2015–2017  | managerclubs20 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}} <small>(as player)</small>
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 West Germany]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montréal]]|}}
{{medalCountry|{{fb|CIV}} <small>(as manager)</small>}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1994 Africa Cup of Nations|1994 Tunisia]]|}}
{{medalCountry|{{fb|TUN}} <small>(as manager)</small>}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1996 Africa Cup of Nations|1996 South Africa]]|}}
}}

'''Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak''' (born 10 July 1946) is a Polish former professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and [[Football player|player]].

As a player, Kasperczak took part in two [[FIFA World Cup]]s with [[Poland national football team|Poland]], achieving third place in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|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 [[Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite|Polish Footballer of the Year]] Award conferred by the ''[[:pl:Piłka Nożna (tygodnik)|Piłka Nożna]]'' football weekly.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/footballer_of_the_year/polen/# |title=Player of the year – Poland |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>

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

==Club career==
Kasperczak was born in [[Zabrze]]. With [[Stal Mielec]], Kasperczak won two [[Ekstraklasa]] title in his native Poland. He had also played for the reserve team of [[Legia Warsaw]], before ending his career in [[FC Metz]].

==International career==
He played for [[Poland national football team|Poland]] at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], securing third place; at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], where the team won the silver medal, and at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]].

==Coaching career==
[[File:Kasperczak Henryk.jpg|upright=0.7|left|thumb|Kasperczak in 2007]]
Kasperczak spent the first fifteen years (1978–1993) of his coaching career in France, managing [[FC Metz]], [[AS Saint-Étienne]], [[Racing Strasbourg]], [[Racing Club de Paris]], [[Montpellier HSC]] and [[Lille OSC]]. His biggest success was winning [[Coupe de France]] with FC Metz in [[Coupe de France 1983-84|1984]].

Next, Kaspeczak managed two African national teams: first, [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]] (1993–1994), achieving third place in the [[1994 African Cup of Nations]], and later [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] (1994–1998), which finished second in the [[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996 Cup]]. Kasperczak also coached Tunisia at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] in France.

During the tournament, Kasperczak was fired and replaced by [[Ali Selmi]], after Tunisia lost the chance to pass the [[1998 FIFA World Cup - Group G|group stage]], losing to [[England national football team|England]] (0–2) and [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] (0–1).

Later, Kasperczak managed [[SC Bastia]] (1998), [[Al Wasl FC]] (1999–2000), [[Morocco national football team|Morocco national team]] (2000), [[Changsha Ginde F.C.|Shenyang Haishi]] (2000–2001) and [[Mali national football team|Mali national team]] (2001–2002). Mali won the fourth place at the [[2002 African Cup of Nations]] under his coaching.

In 2002, Kasperczak came back to his native Poland, and spend the next three years as head coach of [[Wisła Kraków]]. Wisła won three league titles under his coaching.

In 2006, Kaspeczak began managing [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] (2006–2008), however he quit his post during the [[2008 African Cup of Nations]] following a poor run of results which saw them with 1-point in 2 games in a group they had been expected to win.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7213372.stm Senegal coach Kasperczak resigns], BBC Sport, 28 January 2008</ref>

On 16 September 2008, he took over as manager of [[Górnik Zabrze]]. He left Górnik Zabrze on 3 April 2009, when the club was officially relegated from Ekstraklasa to I liga, the second division.<ref>[http://gornikzabrze.pl/index.php?s=508&o=listing_informacji&id_kat=139&id_informacji=10751 Henryk Kasperczak trenerem Górnika!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920200509/http://gornikzabrze.pl/index.php?s=508&o=listing_informacji&id_kat=139&id_informacji=10751 |date=20 September 2008 }}, ''Official website of Górnik Zabrze'', 16 September 2008</ref>

On 15 March 2010, [[Wisła Kraków]] reached an agreement with Kasperczak to appoint him as the new manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/henryk_kasperczak_trenerem_wisly/|title=Henryk Kasperczak trenerem Wisły|publisher=wisla.krakow.pl|access-date=15 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729114339/http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/henryk_kasperczak_trenerem_wisly/|archive-date=29 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Poland national football team|Poland]]
|1973||15||2
|-
|1974||11||1
|-
|1975||9||1
|-
|1976||7||0
|-
|1977||11||1
|-
|1978||8||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!61!!5
|}

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kasperczak goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Henryk Kasperczak
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 20 March 1973 || [[Łódź]], Poland || {{fb|USA}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 3 August 1973 || [[Chicago]], United States || {{fb|USA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|3 || 9 October 1974 || [[Poznań]], Poland || {{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5|UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 8 October 1975 || [[Łódź]], Poland || {{fb|HUN}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|4–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|5 || 10 June 1977 || [[Lima]], Peru || {{fb|PER}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Stal Mielec'''
*[[Ekstraklasa]]: [[1972–73 Ekstraklasa|1972–73]], [[1975–76 Ekstraklasa|1975–76]]
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[1971 Intertoto Cup|1971]]

'''Poland'''
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] silver medal: [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]<ref name=90m>{{cite web |title=Henryk Kasperczak |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=8112 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]<ref name=90m/>

'''Individual'''
* [[Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite|''Piłka Nożna'' Polish Footballer of the Year]]: 1976<ref name=PN>{{cite web |title=Laureaci |url=https://pilkanozna.pl/laureaci/ |website=pilkanozna.pl |access-date=21 June 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[Polish Football Association]] National Team of the Century: 1919–2019<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 December 2019 |title=Poznaliśmy Reprezentację 100-lecia! Zobacz najlepszy zespół w historii Polski! - Federacja |url=https://pzpn.pl/federacja/aktualnosci/2019-12-07/poznalismy-reprezentacje-100-lecia-zobacz-najlepszy-zespol-w-historii-polski |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=PZPN - Łączy nas piłka |language=pl}}</ref>

===Manager===

'''FC Metz'''
*[[Coupe de France]]: [[1984 Coupe de France Final|1983–84]]

'''RC Strasbourg'''
*[[Ligue 2]]: [[1987–88 French Division 2|1987–88]]

'''RC Paris'''
*[[Coupe de France]] runner-up: [[1989–90 Coupe de France|1989–90]]

'''Ivory Coast'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]] third place: [[1994 African Cup of Nations|1994]]

'''Tunisia'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]] runner-up : [[1996 African Cup of Nations|1996]]

'''Mali'''
*[[African Cup of Nations]] fourth place: [[2002 African Cup of Nations|2002]]

'''Wisła Kraków'''
*[[Ekstraklasa]]: [[2002–03 Ekstraklasa|2002–03]], [[2003–04 Ekstraklasa|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Ekstraklasa|2004–05]]
*[[Polish Cup]]: [[2001–02 Polish Cup|2001–02]], [[2002–03 Polish Cup|2002–03]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Piłka Nożna magazine plebiscite|Polish Coach of the Year]]: 2002<ref name=PN/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://rfbl.pl/henryk-kasperczak/ Henryk Kasperczak - from Mielec to conquer Africa]

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