Tadeusz Fajfer Explained

Tadeusz Fajfer
Fullname:Tadeusz Fajfer
Birth Date:24 April 1959[1]
Birth Place:Poznań, Poland
Height:1.80 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Lech Poznań
Youthyears1:–1980
Years1:1980–1982
Years2:1982–1984
Years3:1985–1989
Years4:1991–1992
Years5:1992–1993
Years6:1993–1998
Clubs1:Lech Poznań
Clubs2:Lechia Gdańsk
Clubs3:Chrobry Głogów
Clubs4:Czarni Wróblewo
Clubs5:VfL Herzlake
Clubs6:Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wlkp.
Caps1:0
Caps2:41
Goals1:0
Goals2:0

Tadeusz Fajfer (born 24 April 1959) is a Polish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Biography

Born in Poznań, Fajfer first started his footballing career with Lech Poznań, advancing through the academy before being part of the team in 1980. After two seasons of failing to make an appearance due to being third choice behind Piotr Mowlik and Zbigniew Pleśnierowicz[2] he moved to Lechia Gdańsk in 1982, making his professional league debut against Olimpia Elbląg on 1 September 1982.[3] During his time with Lechia he won the III liga for the 1982–83 season,[4] he played in 5 of the 7 games during the cup run which won the Polish Cup in 1983,[5] beating Piast Gliwice in the final,[6] he played in the Polish SuperCup win over Lech Poznań in 1983,[7] played in both games against Juventus, which were Lechia's first ever European games in the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup,[8] [9] and won promotion to the top division by winning the II liga for the 1983–84 season.[10] During his time at Lechia he played in 51 games.[11] In total Fajfer played 8 games in the I liga before moving down the leagues to play with Chrobry Głogów in 1985. He played for Czarni Wróblewo from 1991–1992,[12] he had a season in Germany with VfL Herzlake[13] with whom he won the Oberliga Nord, before returning to Poland to play with Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. He spent 5 seasons with Dyskobolia, helping the team to go from the fourth division in 1993 to win promotion to the top division in 1997. In his final season with the club, he played 28 out of 30 games in the 1997–98 I liga season before retiring after the club suffered relegation.[14] After retiring he worked as the goalkeeping coach with Dyskobolia[15] before holding the role of sporting director at Polonia Warsaw and Warta Poznań.[16] [17]

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk

VfL Herzlake

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tadeusz Fajfer. lechia.gda.pl.
  2. Web site: TADEUSZ FAJFER. lechiahistoria.pl.
  3. Web site: Debiut Tadeusza Fajfera w Lechii (1.09.1982). lechiahistoria.pl.
  4. Web site: Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1982/83]]. lechia.net.
  5. Web site: Lechia Gdańsk w drodze po Puchar Polski – sezon 1982/83. lechiahistoria.pl.
  6. Web site: Lechia – Piast Gliwice 2:1. Finał Pucharu Polski. 22.06.1983. lechiahistoria.pl.
  7. Web site: Superpuchar Polski dla Lechii! (30.07.1983). lechiahistoria.pl.
  8. Web site: Juventus FC – Lechia Gdańsk 7:0 (14.09.1983). lechiahistoria.pl.
  9. Web site: Lechia Gdańsk – Juventus FC 2:3 (28.09.1983). lechiahistoria.pl.
  10. Web site: Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1983/84]]. lechia.net.
  11. Web site: Tadeusz Fajfer. lechia.net.
  12. Web site: Czarni Wroblewo 1947–2007. issuu.com.
  13. Web site: Tadeusz Fajfer. sport.de.
  14. Web site: Bramkarze Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wlkp. w kadrze Polski. poznan.wyborcza.pl.
  15. Web site: Tadeusz Fajfer: 90minut.pl. 90minut.pl.
  16. Web site: Tadeusz Fajfer był dyrektorem sportowym Warty przez ostatnie pół roku. poznan.naszemiasto.pl.
  17. Web site: Tadeusz Fajfer będzie dyrektorem sportowym Polonii Warszawa. 90minut.pl.