1.0 rich Street Art Cities https://streetartcities.com A mural depicting Włodzimierz Smolarek has been painted on the wall of an apartment block on Kazimierza Street, near Widzew Stadium in Łódź. The monumental mural was created to mark the 10th anniversary of his death, as well as the 40th anniversary of the Polish national team winning the silver medal at the World Cup in Spain.Włodzimierz Smolarek was born on July 16, 1957, in Aleksandrów Łódzki. He was a product of the local Włókniarz club’s youth academy. He began his career at Widzew Łódź, later moving to Legia Warsaw, before returning to Widzew in 1979, where he played for 17 years. During that time, he helped the club from Piłsudskiego Avenue win the Polish championship twice (1981 and 1982) and the Polish Cup (1985). In addition, in 1983 he helped the Łódź club reach the semi-finals of the European Cup. In 221 appearances for Widzew, he scored 71 goals.Smolarek made 60 appearances for the Polish national team, scoring 13 goals. He played in two World Cups, and at the 1982 tournament in Spain, he helped Poland finish third. At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, he scored Poland’s only goal in their victory over Portugal. Smolarek is regarded as one of the legends of Widzew Łódź and Polish football. Fiatcik2 https://streetartcities.com/users/3be998b5-fd3a-43df-b8ea-e561ef7217b0 https://streetartcities.com/media/b/b87bd3ea-a8f7-4015-8319-cf85a2a26b89/1024.jpg 1024 480 480 <iframe src="https://streetartcities.com/markers/ab6d971b-dc2a-4094-98e3-dece9fb06e03/embed" width="480" height="480" style="border:none;border-radius:12px;max-width:100%;" loading="lazy" allow="fullscreen; storage-access" title="Włodzimierz Smolarek by Czarymury"></iframe> 3600