The first head fell after Edi Iordănescu's arrival in Warsaw! »Legend was 25 years old at Legia
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Friday, June 20, 2025 21:36 / Updated Friday, June 20, 2025 22:52
Edward Iordănescu came to Poland with its own staff, which is why one of the oldest coaches at Legia Warsaw was removed and moved to another department! Krzysztof Dowhaț (69 years old) is in charge of a quarter of the preparation of the goalkeepers, launching in European football on Artur Boruc, Lukasz Fabianski and Wojciech Szczęsny.
The Polish press announced that the former Romanian coach put the condition to sign the contract to come to Warsaw with his entire staff and after reaching Legia decided to stop keeping the oldest technician from the “military” with the highest number of champions in the country.
Edi Iordănescu thus made the first “victim” just days after appointment to the Polish band. This is the coach who has been dealing with since 2001 (after having a brief experience in 1992) the preparation of the goalkeepers.
Alexandru Radu, Iannucci and Merișanu help Iordănescu
Krzysztof Dowhaț, 69, has an impressive list of players who have passed through the Legia, including Artur Boruc, łukasz Fabiaţski, Wojciech Szczęsny, Jan Mucha, Wojciech Kowalewski and Radosław Majacki.
Krzysztof Dowhaț (left) and Arkadiusz Malarz were separated with the arrival of Edward Iordănescu to Legia Warsaw
Dowhan will remain at the club, but in a completely different role, Arkadiusz Malarz will take over the position of coach. This change was announced right on the official website of the club, Legia.net.
“Malarz will go up to the plane that will take Edi Iordănescu's team in the Leogausz and Krzysztof Dowhaț cantonment have worked together for many years, and now the entire responsibility to work with Legia's porters will fall on Malarz's shoulders.”explained the daily Przeglad Sortowy.
In the Legia there were major changes in the technical staff with the taking of the team by Edward Iordănescu. The Romanian coach took with him three assistants in Warsaw: the second Alexandru Radu, the analyst Michele Iannucci and the physical trainer Bogdan Merișanu.
