Rudolf Wojtowicz is a retired Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 football player, who in different periods of his career was a defender or a midfielder. Wojtowicz initially represented Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently plays at the sixth level of Polish football . Greatest achievement of club was championship of Poland won in 1980.-Honours:...

, winning Polish championships in 1980. In the early 1980s he left Poland and settled in Germany

Germany

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. Wojtowicz played for Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...

 (1982–1986) as well as Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf

' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

 (1986–1992). Also, between 1996 and 1998, he was head coach of Fortuna. Currently, he works as one of coaches of Hertha Berlin.

Wojtowicz capped once for Poland, on April 12, 1978, in a game vs. Ireland

Ireland

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