Jan City has been appointed because the coach of Poland, the nation’s soccer affiliation (PZPN) stated on Wednesday, with the 63-year-old changing Michal Probierz.
Probierz resigned in June following a row over his choice to exchange Robert Lewandowski as captain.
City turns into Poland’s fifth coach since 2021, with Probierz lasting the longest having taken cost of 21 video games earlier than the fall-out from his captaincy selection which led to Lewandowski refusing to play for his nation whereas Probierz was in cost.
Lewandowski, who has received extra caps (158) and scored extra objectives (85) than anybody else within the historical past of the Polish nationwide workforce, stated he felt his trust had been betrayed by Probierz.
Probierz’s final sport was a 2-1 defeat to Finland, which leaves Poland third of their World Cup qualifying group, and City faces a tricky begin to his spell in cost with an away sport in opposition to the Netherlands on Sept. 4.
“We imagine that this selection will permit the nationwide workforce to develop its full potential. Our objective is to qualify for the World Cup finals in 2026,” PZPN president Cezary Kulesza stated in an announcement.
City, who represented Poland 57 instances as a participant, started his teaching profession in Spain at Osasuna, the place he spent the vast majority of his enjoying profession, as a youth workforce supervisor and reserve workforce coach.
His first senior managerial function got here at Legia Warsaw in 2007, and through that point he additionally served as assistant supervisor with Poland at Euro 2008. City received the Polish league title in 2013 in his second spell with Legia.
City’s final function was at Gornik Zabrze, the place he was sacked in April.
Data from Reuters was used on this story.