Clubs 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 achieved the European Cup final twice, losing to
RK Metaloplastika Šabac in 1986 and SKA Mińsk in 1987. In 1989 he moved to
Spain and played for
Bidasoa Irún (1989–1992) and
FC Barcelona Handbol (1992–1995). He was the first Polish player in
FC Barcelona. He subsequently emigrated to
Germany, and played for
TuS Nettelstedt (1995–1998) and
SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1998–2000).
National teams Poland 1981–1993 Wenta made his debut in the
Polish national team in 1981, when he was barely 20. He was appointed by
Zygfryd Kuchta and played his first match against
Switzerland. He represented
Poland in 185 official games (including friendly matches 198) and scored 763 goals, the third-highest total in the history of Polish handball. He took part in the
World Handball Championship twice, in
1986 (14th place) and
1990 (11th place). He did not compete at the
Olympic Games as a member of the Polish national team. In 1993 he was criticised for Poland's failure to qualify for the
1994 European Men's Handball Championship, after which he was never selected for the national team again.
Germany 1997–2000 In 1996 Wenta obtained
German citizenship, which caused some controversy in his homeland,
Poland. However, he never played against the
Polish national team. He represented
Germany in 46 official games (plus four friendlies) and scored 144 goals. Wenta took part in the
World Championship twice, in
1997 and
1999. He won a bronze medal at the
1998 European Championship and also played in the
2000 tournament. He made his Olympic debut at the
2000 Sydney Olympics, where Germany finished fifth. He regained Polish citizenship in 2008. ==Career as coach, 2000–2012==