Adam Navalka - player and coach of the national team of Poland

Adam Navalka is a former football player who played onposition of the midfielder, in 2013 was accepted to the post of head coach of the national team of Poland, holds the post today. He was born in the city of Krakow on October 23, 1957.

Career football player

Since childhood Adam Navalka was engaged in football, a healthy lifestyle was maintained in the family, the father of the young man was also a professional football player.

His career began as a young athletethe youth team "Wisla Krakow" in 1969. After five seasons, on May 21, 1971, Adam won his first title, the team was on the first line of the standings in the top league of Poland.

In 1978, Adam Navalka moved from youth to a professional club. In total, the club played 190 games, of which 9 times managed to make a goal against the opponents.

Next Navalka moved to the United States, where he signed a contract with the club "Polis-American Eagles". About the number of matches played for the club, nothing is known.

At the 1978 World Cup, whichwas held in Argentina, Adam first appeared on the field as part of the national team of Poland, for the entire tournament held a full five matches. In total for the career the player spent 34 matches in the national team, scored one day, in a game against Hungary.

Coach career

After the termination of the football career Adam Navalka has ended the Coaching academy of the Polish football and has received a rank of the trainer of I category.

In 1996, Adam began to train the Polish club"Sweet Krzeszowice", after two seasons was accepted to the post of coach of the youth team "Wisła Kraków", for which he himself spoke earlier. A short period of time was in the staff of the coaches of the main team, along with the players won the League Cup and silver medals of the league.

After Navalka coached a short time such Polish teams as Zaglembe and Sandecia, in 2006 he returned to Vistula Krakow, but after a season he was removed from the post of head coach.

The next season of 2008/09 signed a contract for the position of coach with the leadership of the club "Katowice". The next three years he spent in the coaching staff of the "Gurnik" team.

From 2013 to the present day Adam Navalka is the head coach of the national team of Poland, which successfully qualified for the European Championship.