Poland has many reasons to be proud of its football. I believe Dariusz Mioduski should be one of them on the international stage.
I truly believe the time has come for Poland, Polish football and UEFA to get behind Dariusz and support him as a future President of FIFA replacing the corrupt and dirty Gianni Infantino . In my view, he would be an outstanding candidate for one of the most important leadership positions in world football.
Dariusz is highly educated, internationally accomplished and a graduate of one of the finest universities in the world. He is intelligent, articulate, experienced, sophisticated and deeply passionate about football.
He also has one of the toughest jobs in Polish football: owning and leading Legia Warszawa, Poland’s biggest club, in the nation’s capital, with an enormous and demanding fan base. That position comes with pressure every single day, and very few people understand what it takes to carry that responsibility.
I have had the privilege of spending time with Dariusz on several occasions. Every experience has reinforced the same impression: he is a class act, gracious, intelligent, well-spoken, passionate and, most importantly, a man of substance.
Since coming into Polish football, I can genuinely say that my experiences with the owners and presidents across the Ekstraklasa have been extremely positive. I have been impressed by many of them and by the quality of people helping lead Polish football forward.
But Dariusz is unquestionably in my top three.
And I will say something that perhaps Legia supporters do not hear often enough: you are fortunate to have an owner and president like Dariusz Mioduski. Leadership at a club of Legia’s size is easy to criticize from the outside and incredibly difficult to perform from the inside.
Poland should think bigger.
We should not only be asking how Polish football can improve domestically. We should be asking which Polish leaders are capable of representing us at the very highest levels of world football.
For me, Dariusz is one of those people.
I would love to see the entire country get behind him, support him and lobby for him if the opportunity comes for him to lead FIFA.
And if that opportunity does not happen, then I will say this just as clearly:
Dariusz Mioduski would have my vote for the next President of the Polish Football Association.
Polish football deserves strong, educated, internationally respected leadership.
Dariusz has my support. #MioduskiForFIFA
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