After beginning his career in his native Poland, Warzycha moved to England in March 1991 when
Howard Kendall signed him for
Everton in a £500,000 deal. He started well, scoring twice in his first eight games for Everton, and missing just five league games in the
1991–92. He was one of only thirteen players not from the British Isles to play on the opening weekend of the
FA Premier League along with
Jan Stejskal,
Peter Schmeichel,
Andrei Kanchelskis,
Roland Nilsson,
Eric Cantona,
Hans Segers,
John Jensen,
Anders Limpar,
Gunnar Halle,
Craig Forrest,
Michel Vonk and
Ronnie Rosenthal and was also the first player from mainland Europe to score in the Premier League, finding the net in Everton's second Premier League game - a 3–0 away win over
Manchester United. His goal was the only one scored by a Polish player in the competition until
Marcin Wasilewski scored in January 2015, more than 22 years later. His goal against Manchester United in a 3–0 win at
Old Trafford proved to be his last goal for Everton. He fell out of favour later that season and played just seven times in the
1993–94 season, and was clearly not part of new manager
Mike Walker's plans when he arrived at
Goodison Park in January 1994 following the resignation of
Howard Kendall. He went to Hungary at the end of the season to sign for Pécsi Mecsek. A year later, he was sold to
Kispest Honvéd FC of Hungary. In 1996, he joined
Columbus Crew for the
Major League Soccer's inaugural year. Warzycha became a staple in the lineup for five seasons, and then a bit player in his final two, as he battled injuries. He retired as the Crew's all-time assist leader with 61 and also scored 19 goals in MLS league play. During his playing days in Columbus, Warzycha was known as "The Polish Rifle," in part because of his accuracy from free kicks. On 25 March 2000, Warzycha scored the first-ever regular-season "Golden Goal" in Major League Soccer history to defeat the
San Jose Earthquakes 2–1. He played two more years for Columbus Crew before retiring from playing in 2002 at the age of 39. ==International career==