Career
He is the father of Bartosz Iwan. Club
He made first steps on a long football career in Wanda Krakow, but in 1976 he moved to Wisła Krakow where he entered professional football, contributing a great deal to the title in 1978. He played 198 games and scored 69 goals for Wisła Krakow, before he was transferred to Górnik Zabrze.
In next two years he proved to be a key player for a new team, a dominant force in the middle of 80s in Polish football.
As he started career as a striker, he experienced transformation in Górnik Zabrze into a playmaker. He spent the last years of his professional career abroad (VFL Bochum, Aris Saloniki) punctuated by short returns to Górnik Zabrze.
Additionally, he participated in 17 games in European club competitions and scored four goals. International
He gave up the international career in 1987 with 11 goals in 29 matches.
On his retirement as a player, Iwan embarked on a coaching profession, for the first few years with a junior team in Wisła Krakow, leading him to the assistant position of the first team between 1999 and 2001 (Adam Nawałka followed by duet Orest Lenczyk and Waldemar Fornalik).
In Zagłębie Lubin he was again as assistant to Adam Nawałka, however, they were released only after five months of working. In 2003, Iwan leaped at the opportunity to lead a team, fourth league club Okocimski Kansas Brzesko. He worked there for two years until his dismissal in 2005, after a series of defeats.
Prior to that, Okocimski Brzesko had been close to promotion in 2004, but lost in the final matches of playoff to Kmita ZabierzóWest
Iwan managed two more teams, Płomien Jerzmanowice (fifth league, 2005-2006) and Wiatra Ludźmierz (junior team, 2006) until his coaching career was finally brought to a close. In the last years, Iwan has made regular appearance as football expert to commentate on the Polish Ekstraklasa.
Iwan"s biography under the title "Spalony" has been released in 2012.