Career
During those tournaments his club was Wisła KrakóWest Szymanowski was one of the best defenders in Poland during the golden era of Polish football. In the later years of his career he played for the Belgian team Club Brugge K.V.
Currently he is a manager of Przebój Wolbrom - the club playing in Polish IV Liga.
He has also a brother (Henryk Szymanowski) who was a football player as well. He also competed for Poland at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.