Artur Jan Woźniak was a Polish

Poland

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 football forward, twice top scorer of the Polish First Division.

For most of his career, Woźniak was loyal to Wisła Kraków, where he played in the years 1931 - 1947, scoring 102 goals in 140 games, and three times becoming vice-champion of the country (1931, 1936, 1947). In 1933 and 1937, Woźniak was top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, with 18 and 12 goals.

During World War II

World War II

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, he was captured by the Nazi German occupiers, and sent to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp

Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp

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. After the war, Woźniak remained in Wisła until 1947, then moving to the Recovered Territories

Recovered Territories

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, to the newly-created club Orzeł Ząbkowice. Then, he became a coach, working with a number of Polish teams, such as ŁKS Łódź, Garbarnia Kraków

Garbarnia Kraków

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, Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

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, Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

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, Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...

, Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Śląsk Wrocław and Wisła Kraków (1956–1957).

In the mid-1930s, he capped five times for Poland, without scoring a goal.