Alex Szczotka

Alex Szczotka

Personal information
Full name	Aleksander Szczotka
Place of birth	Poland
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986-1990	Piast Gliwice	8	(0)
1990	Toronto Blizzard
1991	Kitchener Kickers
1992	Toronto Italia
Teams managed
2012	Mississauga Eagles FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alex Szczotka is a former Polish footballer and current Technical Director and head coach for the Erin Mills Soccer Club.

Playing career

Szczotka began his career in his native Poland with Piast Gliwice in the I liga in 1986.^[1] In 1990, he went abroad to Canada to sign with the Toronto Blizzard of the Canadian Soccer League. Where in his debut season with Toronto he helped the club clinch the Eastern Division title. In 1991, he signed with Kitchener Kickers, but failed to secure a postseason berth by finishing seventh in the overall standings. In 1992, after the folding of the CSL he signed with Toronto Italia of the Canadian National Soccer League. After retiring from professional soccer he went into coaching and served as the assistant coach for Josef Komlodi for the Mississauga Eagles FC of the Canadian Soccer League in 2011.^[2] The following season he was promoted to head coach for Mississauga, but failed to secure a postseason berth. ^[3]On January 24, 2013 Erin Mills relieved Komlodi from his position of technical director, and named Szczotka as his successor.^[4]

References

1. "Alex Szczotka | Erin Mills Soccer Club". erinmillssoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
2. "April 24, 2011 CSL--Mississauga Eagles Completes Pyramid From Top To Bottom (from CSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
3. Glover, Robin. "June 29, 2012 CSL--Mississauga Eagles FC vs Windsor Stars (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
4. Colpitts, Iain. "EMSC releases technical director". www.mississauga.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.