Last update 5 February, 2025 by Alberto Llopis
Wojciech Kowalczyk He was a Polish striker with an unpronounceable name and a nineties mustache who came to a team recently promoted to First Division., Real Betis Balompié back in summer 1994. For nothing more and nothing less than 240 million pesetas from more than two decades ago, they were a few. Don Manuel Ruiz de Lopera (RIP) He secured his signing for a Betis team that would later have a great season although it would not be due to the contribution of this player..
Kowalczyk was one of the young stars when he signed for Betis
Born in 1972, He was part of the Polish team that played against Spain in the final of the Barcelona Olympics 1992 in the Nou Camp and it was the young star of Legia Warsaw of the time. This caused Betis to notice him and sign him for a contract of 5 seasons. Passed 4 wearing the Betic shirt, accumulating few minutes leaving soda, and where he barely disputed 57 official matches in which he only scored 14 goals, one of them to Sevilla.
He ended up on loan to Las Palmas for a season and a half between 1998 y 1999, where he also did not have a very successful step playing alone 14 matches and scoring zero goals. But that is, without the mustache he had, that the late 90 it was already something past. After, His career took him to Cyprus where he scored goals in a much lower level league and he returned to his country to retire.. Although in Spain, will always be remembered as one of those rare and expensive signings made that Betis in the late 90. However, He remained as a kind of cult player.