Jürgen Kuzniacki (born 2 December 1959) is a German footballer and coach who played as a forward. He was primarily known for playing for Holstein Kiel in his initial senior career as well as being part of the winning squad of FC Gütersloh for the .
Career.
Kuzniacki began his playing career as a ten-year-old at VfL Sassenberg, moved to FC Schalke 04 and made ten appearances for the West Germany U16 as a youth player for The Royal Blues. In the 1978–79 2. Bundesliga, Kuzniacki was a member of Holstein Kiel's second division squad, made five league appearances and reached 14th place with the club in the North Division of the Second Bundesliga that season. He would continue to play for the club into the 1979–80 2. Bundesliga, but was unable to play any league games, as was undergoing military service in Eckernförde. For the , he moved to , which played in the then Verbandsliga and reached 9th place in the season with the club.
For familial reasons, he then returned to Sassenberg, where he initially played for VfL again. This was followed by brief stints at FC Kaunitz in Verl and FC Gütersloh, which belonged to the Oberliga Westfalen during the season and became champions in the but failed in the subsequent promotion round to the 2. Bundesliga.
Kuzniacki then acted as player-coach from the age of 27 at FC Greffen in Harsewinkel and at DJK Rot-Weiß Milte in Warendorf, before ending his active career at the age of 38 and then only working as a coach. Throughout his coaching career, he primarily directed youth, Grün-Weiß Westkirchen in Ennigerloh, Warendorfer SU II. In 2018, Kuzniacki retired as a manager.