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Bogdan Wenta (born 19 November 1961, Szpęgawsk, Poland). He was one of the best players in history of Polish handball and was also considered one of the best players in the World of late 80's and early 90's.

Contents 1 Club career 2 National career 2.1 Poland National Team 2.2 Germany National Team 3 Coaching career 3.1 Clubs 3.2 National team 4 Personal life 5 Honours as a player 6 Honours as a coach

1978-1989 Wybrzeże Gdańsk
1989-1992 Bidasoa Irún
1992-1995 FC Barcelona
1995-1998 TuS Nettelstedt Lubeka
1998-2000 SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Wenta's entire career in Poland was connected with one club Wybrzeże Gdańsk, where he started playing in first team in 1978, when he was 17. He was five-times Polish Champion (1984-1988) and reached European Cup final twice, losing to Metaloplastica Sabac in 1986 and SKA Mińsk in 1987. In 1989 he moved to Spain and played for Bidasoa Irún (1989-1992) and FC Barcelona (1992-1995). At last, he emigrated to Germany, and played for TuS Nettelstedt (1995-1998) and SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1998-2000).

1981-1993 Poland national handball team

Wenta made his debut in Polish National Team in 1981 when he was barely 20. He represented Poland in 185 official games. He was unfairly blamed for Poland's elimination during qualifications to 1994 European Men's Handball Championship. Since then he was never called up again to Polish team.

1997-2000 Germany national handball team

In 1996 Bogdan Wenta accepted German citizenship, which caused a lot of controversy in his homeland, Poland. However he has never played against Polish National Team. He represented German team in 46 official matches playing in World Championships (1997 and 1999), European Championships (1998 and 2000) and Olympic Games at Sydney 2000.

Bogdan Wenta retired in 2000 and became coach assistant in SG Flensburg-Handewitt. Since summer 2006 he is head coach of German handball club, SC Magdeburg.

Since October 2004, he is a Polish national team head coach. During 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany Wenta's team was revelation and reached the final. They won silver medal, losing to host Germany 25:29.

Since 1984 he's married to Iwona Wenta, who is a fitness instructor. They have one son Tomek (born 13 March 1996).

With Wybrzeże Gdańsk:

• Polish Championship runner-up (1982,1983)
• Polish Championshsip winner (1984,1985,1986,1987,1988)
• European Cup runner-up (1986,1987)

With Bidasoa Irún:

• Spanish Cup (1991)

With Barcelona:

• EHF Cup Winner's Cup (1994, 1995)
• Spanish Cup (1993, 1994)
• Spanish Super Cup (1994)
• Spanish Championship runner-up (1994)

With TuS Nettelstedt Lubeka:

• EHF City Cup (1997, 1998)
• German Super Cup (1998)

With German National Team

• European Men's Handball Championship - 3rd place (1998)
• World Men's Handball Championship - 5th place (1999)
• Summer Olympics in Sydney - 5th place (2000)

Indywidual honours:

• With Alfreð Gíslason they were chosen as the best pair of foreign players of ASOBAL League (1991, 1992)
• The best player of ASOBAL League (1991, 1992)
• The best midfielder of ASOBAL League (1995)

With Polish National Team:

• World Men's Handball Championship runner-up (2007)

Indywidual honours:

• On 5th February 2007 he was honored by Lech Kaczyński with Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta for his contribution to the developement of Polish sport.