# Dariusz Dziekanowski

Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski (born 30 September 1962) is a Polish football pundit, coach and former player. He was known as Jacki Dziekanowski during his time playing in the Scottish and English leagues. He started his career at Polonia Warsaw, between 1973 and 1979, throughout the youth set-up and into a very young first team, but went to Gwardia Warszawa from 1979 to 1983.
Having not impressed the coach during his final season, he moved to Widzew Łódź in 1985. However, the following year he was selected in Poland 's roster for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He won the Polish Cup in 1989. He also had a minor career in archery, in 1988. He decided to move to Celtic in 1989 and became a fan favourite after scoring four goals in a European Cup Winners' Cup tie against Partizan Belgrade. He left Celtic to join Bristol City in 1992.
Troubled years followed where he travelled all around Europe, but eventually he found himself settled back in Warsaw in his retirement season of 1996–97. Since his retirement, he has worked in Polish television as a football commentator. From July 2006 to May 2008 he was an assistant to Leo Beenhakker for the Poland national football team. In 1985, he was the winner of the Polish Footballer of the Year plebiscite organized by the Piłka Nożna football weekly.

## Career statistics
### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Poland | 1981 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 1982 | 3 | 1 |
| Poland | 1983 | 4 | 1 |
| Poland | 1984 | 9 | 6 |
| Poland | 1985 | 13 | 3 |
| Poland | 1986 | 10 | 2 |
| Poland | 1987 | 6 | 1 |
| Poland | 1988 | 3 | 2 |
| Poland | 1989 | 7 | 1 |
| Poland | 1990 | 7 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 63 | 20 |

### International goals

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 15 November 1981 | Wrocław, Poland | Malta | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 8 September 1982 | Kuopio, Finland | Finland | 2–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 3. | 23 March 1983 | Łódź, Poland | Bulgaria | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 11 January 1984 | Kolkata, India | India | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1984 Nehru Cup |
| 5. | 12 September 1984 | Helsinki, Finland | Finland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 26 September 1984 | Słupsk, Poland | Turkey | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 26 September 1984 | Słupsk, Poland | Turkey | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 8. | 17 October 1984 | Zabrze, Poland | Greece | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9. | 17 October 1984 | Zabrze, Poland | Greece | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10. | 6 February 1985 | Querétaro, Mexico | Bulgaria | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 11. | 19 May 1985 | Athens, Greece | Greece | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12. | 16 November 1985 | Chorzów, Poland | Italy | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 13. | 15 October 1986 | Poznań, Poland | Greece | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 14. | 15 October 1986 | Poznań, Poland | Greece | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 15. | 23 September 1987 | Warsaw, Poland | Hungary | 1–0 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 16. | 23 March 1988 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 0–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 17. | 1 June 1988 | Moscow, Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 18. | 5 September 1989 | Warsaw, Poland | Greece | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 19. | 21 May 1990 | Marseille, France | United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 20. | 14 November 1990 | Istanbul, Turkey | Turkey | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |

## Honours

Widzew Łódź
* Polish Cup: 1985–86
Legia Warsaw
* Polish Cup: 1988–89
Polonia Warsaw
* II liga West: 1995–96
Poland
* Nehru Cup: 1984
Poland U18
* UEFA European Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1980, 1981
Individual
* Piłka Nożna Polish Footballer of the Year: 1985
* Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1987–88