Born in Kraków, Konopek started his career with his local team Zwierzyniecki Kraków. While his career was spent playing in the lower divisions of Polish football, Konopek was involved in a footnote of Polish footballing history. As the war was coming to an end the reintroduction of football in Poland was discussed. On January 28, 1945, 10 days after the liberation of Kraków, four teams in the city came together to play their first games since the outbreak of the war in 1939. The four teams were Cracovia, Juvenia, Wisła, and Zwierzyniecki. The first game of the day was Juvenia vs Zwierzyniecki, and was the first football game in Poland since the outbreak. Konopek was involved in the game, which finished 2–2, with Konopek scoring both of Zwierzyniecki goals. Meaning that not only was Konopek involved in the first football game since 1939, but he may have also been the first goal scorer.
