Player: Zdzisław Janik

Nationality: Poland

Position: Midfielder / Forward (commonly listed as attacking midfielder)

Club (noted): K.V. Oostende (Belgium)

Career summary (concise):

• Zdzisław Janik is a Polish former professional footballer born 19 August 1964 in Tarnów, Poland.
• He spent the bulk of his career playing in Poland for clubs including Unia Tarnów, Stal Mielec and Widzew Łódź, where he was most prominent in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
• Janik had a spell abroad with Belgian side K.V. Oostende (Oostende) during the mid-1990s.
• He was known as an attacking midfielder with good technical skills and goal threat from midfield.

Notable achievements / notes:

• Key contributor at Widzew Łódź during domestic league play; Widzew were one of Poland’s top clubs at that time.
• Part of the generation of Polish players who moved to Western European leagues in the 1990s following changes in transfer opportunities after the end of the communist era.

Typical career timeline (high-level):

• 1980s–early 1990s: Poland — Unia Tarnów, Stal Mielec, Widzew Łódź (among others)
• Mid-1990s: Belgium — K.V. Oostende
• Later career: returned to Poland and played for lower-division sides before retiring

Sources / reliability note: Public records and historical team rosters list Janik’s spells in Poland and his season(s) at K.V. Oostende. Exact appearance and goal totals for his Oostende spell are limited in some databases; for precise match-by-match statistics consult specialized historical archives or the club’s records.