Jan Urban

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His professional career was closely associated to Górnik Zabrze and Osasuna, and he also coached and worked with the latter club in various capacities.

Urban represented Poland at the 1986 World Cup.

Playing career

Club

Urban was born in Jaworzno, being one of six children in an underprivileged mining family.[1] In his country he played for Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Górnik Zabrze, winning three Ekstraklasa championships in a row with the latter to which he contributed with a combined 38 goals, including a career-best 17 in 1987–88.

In the summer of 1989, Urban moved to Spain and joined CA Osasuna, going on to be one of the Navarre team's most important players of the following decade. He scored 13 goals in 34 games in his second season to help the club finish in a best-ever fourth position in La Liga, thus qualifying to the UEFA Cup;[2] this included a hat-trick against Real Madrid on 30 December 1990, in a 4–0 away win.[3]

Urban started the 1994–95 campaign with Osasuna in the second division, but returned to the top flight with Real Valladolid in the winter transfer window.[4] He closed out his career at 36 after one-season stints with CD Toledo (also Spain, second level), VfB Oldenburg (Germany) and former side Górnik.

International

Urban earned 57 caps for Poland over six years, netting seven goals in the process. He was selected to the 1986 FIFA World Cup squad, appearing in all four matches (three starts) as the national team reached the round-of-16 in Mexico.[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 1985 10 0
1986 11 0
1987 10 2
1988 10 0
1989 8 2
1990 1 0
1991 7 3
Total 57 7

International goals

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 March 1987 Stadion Miejski, Rybnik, Poland File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
1–0
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3–1
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2. 24 March 1987 Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
3–1
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4–1
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3. 7 February 1989 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
2–4
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2–4
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4. 12 April 1989 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
2–1
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2–1
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5. 17 April 1991 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
2–0
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3–0
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6. 14 August 1991 Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland File:Flag of France.svg France
1–0
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1–5
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7. 16 October 1991 Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland
3–3
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3–3
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Coaching career

In Spain

Urban settled in Pamplona after retiring, and begun his coaching career in the city, being in charge of Osasuna's youth academy and Poli Ejido. He then worked with the reserves os Osasuna in division three, moving to the offices after two seasons and leaving the club in June 2007.[7]

Legia Warsaw and assistant coach Poland

In the summer of 2007, Urban took over as head coach of Legia Warsaw, being responsible for signing three Osasuna players to the team, including Iñaki Astiz.[8] During the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, he served as an assistant for the Poland national team.[9]

Polonia Bytom, Zagłębie Lubin and return to Legia

On 17 March 2010, Urban was fired by Legia[10] and took charge of Polonia Bytom on 29 October 2010. He then signed with fellow league club Zagłębie Lubin on 10 March 2011. On 30 May 2012 he returned for a second spell with Legia,[11] which lasted until 19 December of the following year.

Return to Osasuna

Urban returned to Osasuna after seven years, being appointed first-team manager on 3 July 2014 after their top-flight relegation.[12] He was dismissed the following 28 February, with the side 16th after four consecutive losses.[13]

Lech Poznań

In October 2015, Urban returned to Poland's top tier, taking over at Lech Poznań.[14] He was cup runner-up and Super Cup winner in 2016, but was sacked on 29 August that year.[15]

Śląsk Wrocław

Urban was hired by Śląsk Wrocław on an 18-month deal on 5 January 2017.[16] On 18 February 2018 he was shown the door after losing eight of the last 13 games, and was replaced by Tadeusz Pawłowski.[17]

Górnik Zabrze

On 27 May 2021, it was announced that Urban would take over as manager of Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze immediately, replacing Marcin Brosz for the 2021–22 season.[18] On 14 June 2022, it was announced he would be leaving the club the following day.[19]

Despite a tumultuous and unceremonious exit from Górnik, he was reinstated as manager on 18 March 2023.[20] In spite of a limited budget and frequent sales of well-performing players, he guided the club to sixth and fifth-place finishes in the league, leading Urban to be linked with a return to Legia Warsaw and taking over the Poland national team.[21][22] On 15 April 2025, after three consecutive losses and the club sitting in 7th, Urban was sacked by Górnik.[23]

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
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Legia Warsaw Template:Flagicon 3 June 2007 14 March 2010

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Polonia Bytom Template:Flagicon 29 October 2010 10 December 2010

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Zagłębie Lubin Template:Flagicon 10 March 2011 30 October 2011

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Legia Warsaw Template:Flagicon 30 May 2012 19 December 2013

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Osasuna Template:Flagicon 3 July 2014 28 February 2015

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Lech Poznań Template:Flagicon 12 October 2015 29 August 2016

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Śląsk Wrocław Template:Flagicon 5 January 2017 19 February 2018

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Górnik Zabrze Template:Flagicon 27 May 2021 14 June 2022

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Górnik Zabrze Template:Flagicon 18 March 2023 15 April 2025

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Total

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Honours

Player

Górnik Zabrze

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2025[33]

Manager

Legia Warsaw

Lech Poznań

  • Polish Super Cup: 2016

Individual

See also

References

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