Jerzy Brzęczek
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Full name | Jerzy Józef Brzęczek | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 March 1971 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Truskolasy, Poland | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Poland (manager) | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1987–1988 | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||||||||
1988–1992 | Olimpia Poznań | 108 | (8) | ||||||||||
1992–1993 | Lech Poznań | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||
1993–1994 | Górnik Zabrze | 46 | (6) | ||||||||||
1995 | GKS Katowice | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||
1995–1998 | Tirol Innsbruck | 85 | (11) | ||||||||||
1998–1999 | LASK | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||
1999–2000 | Maccabi Haifa | 47 | (11) | ||||||||||
2000–2002 | Tirol Innsbruck | 62 | (7) | ||||||||||
2002–2003 | Sturm Graz | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||
2004 | FC Kärnten | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||
2004–2007 | Wacker Tirol | 79 | (8) | ||||||||||
2007–2008 | Górnik Zabrze | 42 | (5) | ||||||||||
2008–2009 | Polonia Bytom | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||
Total | 602 | (66) | |||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1992–1999 | Poland | 42 | (4) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||||||||||||
2015–2017[1] | GKS Katowice | ||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Wisła Płock | ||||||||||||
2018– | Poland | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Jerzy Józef Brzęczek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈjuzɛf ˈbʐɛnt͡ʂɛk]) (born 18 March 1971) is a former Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of the Poland national football team.
In a professional career which spanned nearly 20 years and brought 42 caps with the Poland national team, Brzęczek played for clubs in Poland, Austria and Israel.
Football career
Club
During his career, Brzęczek played for Raków Częstochowa, Olimpia Poznań, Lech Poznań, Górnik Zabrze (two spells), GKS Katowice, Tirol Innsbruck (later Wacker Tirol), LASK Linz, Maccabi Haifa, Sturm Graz, FC Kärnten and Polonia Bytom, retiring in 2009 at age 38.
Brzęczek picked up championship medals in both Poland (with Lech Poznań in 1993) and Austria (with Tirol Innsbruck in 2001 and 2002).
National team
With 42 international caps to his credit, Brzęczek also represented the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning silver. He became Poland's National Team coach in 2018.[2]
Personal
Brzęczek is uncle to another footballer, winger Jakub Błaszczykowski, who has most notably represented Wisła Kraków, Borussia Dortmund and VFL Wolfsburg
Managerial statistics
- As of 14 October 2018
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Poland | 2018 | present | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 |
Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 |
References
External links
- Maccabi Haifa profile and short bio (in Hebrew)
- Jerzy Brzęczek at National-Football-Teams.com