PZPN interrupted silence! Here is a new Poles selector
Jan Urban will officially become tomorrow (i.e. Thursday, July 17) presented in Warsaw as a new coach of the Polish football team.
Therefore, media reports of the Wednesday parish contract with the new selector were confirmed. Jan Urban officially appeared in the message of the Polish Football Association on Wednesday, late afternoon.
“Meet the new coach of the Polish national team. The press conference will take place tomorrow at 12:00 at PGE Narodowy” – was donated in the social media of the Polish Football Association, attaching an eloquent recording.
Who is Jan Urban? He was a former Polish representative, he played in the Spanish league
The new coach of the Polish football team in the past was a distinguished player. Jan Urban was born on May 14, 1962 in Jaworzno. His first club was the local Victoria, but he sailed into wide waters in the colors of the Sosnowiec Basin. Four seasons later (1981-85) Urban became a footballer of Górnik Zabrze, with whom He reached for the Polish championship three times.
During the performances in Górnik, the attacker was appointed to the Polish senior national team. He performed in it in 1985-91, including Participation in the 1986 World Championships. Urban played a total of 57 official matches in national colors, scoring seven goals. For the last time, the attacker played in the national team in the mentioned 1991 in the match against England (1: 1).
Urban became famous not only with great performances in the Polish league, but also on the Iberian Peninsula. A Pole from Górnik in 1989 moved to Pampluna, where he quickly became one of the favorites of fans of the local Osasuna. With a Polish attacker in the composition of the team, among others He was promoted to the UEFA Cup (1990/91). It is also worth noting Urban’s legendary performance in a clash with Real Madrid in the Royal area. Exactly on December 30, 1990, Osasuna won a spectacular league victory up to 4: 0, and the Pole showed off to shoot three goals for the winners. It can therefore be safely written that Urban shone in the Spanish league before Robert Lewandowski went there.
In Spain, Urban still performed for Real Valladolid (1995), CD Toledo (1995-96), then moved to the season to Germany, specifically to VFB Oldenburg (1996-97) and ended his career in his beloved Górnik Zabrze in 1998.
Coaching achievements of the new coach of Poles? Urban started by training young people in Osasuna. He also worked at Legia Warsaw (twice, 2007-10 and 2012-13), he was a member of the selector’s staff Leo Beenhakker (before the European Championship 2023-25).
Urban as a coach reached for the Polish championship (2012/13), two Polish Cups (2007/08 and 2012/13) and two Polish Super Cups (2008, 2016).
