Jerzy Brzęczek

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.

Jerzy Brzęczek
Personal information
Full name Jerzy Józef Brzęczek
Date of birth (1971-03-18) 18 March 1971
Place of birth Truskolasy, Poland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) 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)
1994–1995 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)
2003–2004 FC Kärnten 13 (0)
2004–2007 Wacker Tirol 79 (8)
2007–2008 Górnik Zabrze 42 (5)
2008–2009 Polonia Bytom 9 (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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 manager in 2018.[2] As coach of Poland, the team didn't have an impressive performance in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A, with the team got relegated with two losses and two draws. Poland's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying has been quite more impressive, with the team managed to win four opening matches without conceding a goal. However, with the team later got a humiliating defeat to Slovenia and a home draw to Austria, he faced heavy pressure on demanding him to quit. Despite this, he managed Poland to be back on track with two final wins over Latvia and North Macedonia, eventually qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020.[3]

Personal

Brzęczek's nephew is a footballer, winger Jakub Błaszczykowski, who has most notably represented Wisła Kraków, Borussia Dortmund and VFL Wolfsburg. His sister was the mother of Jakub Błaszczykowski, who was killed in a murder by her husband which caused family separation.

Managerial statistics
As of 19 November 2019
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Poland 2018 present 16 8 4 4 050.00
Total 16 8 4 4 050.00

References
  1. 1. liga. GKS Katowice bez trenera. Jerzy Brzęczek podał się do dymisji‚ sport.pl, 20 May 2017
  2. "Jerzy Brzęczek is named Poland's new national team manager - but who is he?". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. https://polskieradio24.pl/5/4147/Artykul/2383238,El-Euro-2020-Polska-Macedonia-Polnocna-Kto-bohaterem-bialoczerwonych-OCENY
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