Maryan Wisniewski
Wisniewski with Grenoble in 1970
Personal information
Full name Marian Wisniewski
Date of birth (1937-02-01)1 February 1937
Place of birth Calonne-Ricouart, France
Date of death 3 March 2022(2022-03-03) (aged 85)
Place of death Carpentras, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
US Auchel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1963 Lens 277 (93)
1963–1964 Sampdoria 21 (4)
1964–1966 Saint-Étienne 46 (12)
1966–1969 Sochaux 86 (8)
1969–1970 Grenoble 27 (4)
Total 457 (121)
International career
1955–1963 France 33 (12)
Medal record
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Third place1958
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marian Wisniewski (1 February 1937 – 3 March 2022), known as Maryan Wisniewski, was a French footballer who played as a forward.[2]

Life and career

Marian Wisniewski was born on 1 February 1937 in Calonne-Ricouart, Pas-de-Calais.[3] He earned 33 caps and scored 12 goals for the France national team, and played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup when France finished third. He made his international debut on 3 April 1955, thus becoming the youngest footballer to play for France[4] at the age of 18 years and 2 months.

Wisniewski died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 85, in Carpentras, Vaucluse.[3] His grandnephew Jonathan Wisniewski is a former professional rugby union player.

References

  1. ↑ "Maryan Wisniewski". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Braun, Didier. "L'Équipe de France de football, c'est l'histoire en raccourci d'un siècle d'immigration" (PDF). L'Équipe. France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Fichier des décès au mois de mars 2022" [Death file for the month of March 2022] (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Solhekol, Kaveh (26 June 2017). "Liverpool interested in signing Monaco's Kylian Mbappe". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 June 2017. Mbappe became the second youngest player to play for France [behind only Maryan Wisnieski] when he made his debut against Luxembourg in March, aged 18 years, three months and five days old.


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