Jerzy Brzęczek

Jerzy Brzęczek
Personal information
Full name Jerzy Józef Brzęczek
Date of birth (1971-03-18) March 18, 1971
Place of birth Truskolasy, Poland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
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)
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

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Jerzy Józef Brzęczek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈjuzɛf ˈbʐɛnt͡ʂɛk]) (born March 18, 1971 in Truskolasy) is a former Polish footballer, who played as a midfielder.

In a professional career which spanned nearly twenty years and brought nearly 50 caps with the national team, he played in his country, Austria and Israel.

Football career

Club

During his career, Brzęczek played for Raków Częstochowa, Olimpia Poznań, Lech Poznań, Górnik Zabrze (two spells), GKS Katowice, FC Tirol Innsbruck (later FC Wacker Tirol), LASK Linz, Maccabi Haifa FC, SK Sturm Graz, FC Kärnten and Polonia Bytom, retiring in 2009 at 38.

He 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.

Personal

Brzęczek is uncle to another footballer, winger Jakub Blaszczykowski. He represented, most notably, Wisła Kraków and Borussia Dortmund.

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