Krzysztof Warzycha

Krzysztof Ireneusz Warzycha (, ; born 17 November 1964) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a forward for Ruch Chorzów and for Greek club Panathinaikos. During his 15 seasons with Panathinaikos, he scored 319 goals in 553 official appearances and remains the club's all-time leading goalscorer. At international level, he played for the Poland national team, scoring nine goals in 50 appearances. In 1988, he won the Polish Footballer of the Year Award presented by the Piłka Nożna football weekly.

Club career Ruch Chorzów Warzycha played for Polish team Ruch Chorzów, won the Polish Championship in 1989 and was the top scorer in the Polish premier league the same year.

Panathinaikos Warzycha joined Panathinaikos in December 1989, and won five Greek championships (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004), five Greek cups (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004), two Greek super cups 1993, 1994, while he was the highest scorer of the Greek championship 3 times (1994, 1995, 1998).

He is Panathinaikos' all-time leading goalscorer and an idol for the club. Warzycha is considered by many to be one of the best foreign players who have played in Greece. He was one of two Poles in the title-winning side of 1995, with fellow countryman Józef Wandzik keeping over a dozen clean sheets (shutouts) during the season.

He is Panathinaikos' all-time leading goalscorer, with 319 goals in 553 official appearances: 244 goals in 390 league matches, 50 in 100 Greek Cup matches and 25 in 63 European matches.

First goal scorer At the end of the 2000–01 season, Warzycha had scored an incredible 235 goals in 352 matches and had been the Greek Alpha Ethniki premier league's top scorer in three different years in the 90s (1994, 1995 and 1998 seasons). His appearances in the UEFA Champions League have been no less impressive – he scored six goals in Panathinaikos' nine games on the way to the semi-finals of the 1995–96 competition.

With eight goals scored in all UEFA Champions League games, Warzycha remained the best scorer of Polish nationality in this competition until the 2012–13 season, when Robert Lewandowski scored 10 times for Dortmund in Dortmund's surprise run to the Champions League final.

On 29 April 2001, during a match against Ionikos FC, Warzycha scored the 233rd goal of his career in Greece, climbing to second place on the list of all-time goal scorers, tied with Mimis Papaioannou. Warzycha later scored his 234th goal and become sole occupant of this spot.

He was granted Greek citizenship in 1998. He retired in 2004.

Managerial career After Panathinaikos head coach Henk Ten Cate was let go on 8 December 2009, Warzycha was appointed as assistant coach alongside Nikos Nioplias.

On 1 March 2012, Warzycha was appointed as the head coach of Delta Ethniki side Egaleo, with this being his first venture into management.

In 2012, Warzycha was the head coach of Fokikos.

In April 2017, he was appointed manager of Ruch Chorzów, replacing Waldemar Fornalik.

In June 2025, Warzycha was appointed head coach of the under-19 team of A.E. Kifisia F.C.. His tenure ended in January 2026. In May 2026, he was appointed manager of Preveza F.C. for the club's return to the Gamma Ethniki. The Hellenic Football Federation identified him as Preveza's coach in July 2026.

International career Warzycha played 50 times for Poland, scoring nine goals. He played his last game for the Poland national team in April 1997 against Italy in Napoli, in a 3–0 loss.

Later life Warzycha ran in the Greek local elections, 2014 with a New Democracy backed combination for the municipality of Athens. He was also an ANEL candidate to parliament in January 2015 legislative elections, but without success.

Career statistics Club

International

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Warzycha goal.

Honours Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa: 1988–89 II liga, group I: 1987–88

Panathinaikos Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1988–89 (24 goals) Super League Greece top scorer: 1993–94 (24 goals), 1994–95 (29 goals), 1997–98 (32 goals)