Jerzy Karasiński

Jerzy Karasiński
Personal information
Date of birth	20 September 1942
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Date of death	22 November 2015(2015-11-22) (aged 73)
Place of death	Puszczykowo, Poland
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Olimpia Poznań
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1955–1965	Olimpia Poznań
1965–1972	Lech Poznań
National team
1961	Poland U-18
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jerzy Karasiński (20 September 1942 – 22 November 2015) was a Polish Goalkeeper. He is considered one of Lech Poznań's greatest players of all time^[1] and was linked to the club in various functions after retiring from playing, including positions in the front office, scouting, and planning club events.

A product of Olimpia Poznań's youth team, he broke into the first team and was called up to the Poland Under-18 national team in 1961, where he won a silver medal at the youth European championships in Portugal.^[2] It was quite likely that he would have spent his whole career with the club were it not for Lech Poznań's keenness to acquire him. He moved to Lech in 1965 as Olimpia did not object to his transfer as the player was seriously ill at the time.^[3] He debuted for Lech on 26 September 1965 in a home 0:0 draw against Victoria Jaworzno and was instrumental in securing Lech's promotion to the top flight.

He played his last match in 1972, a 0:0 home draw against Pogoń Szczecin on the 7 November. After his playing career came to an end, he became responsible for organising matches at Lech's stadium, where he frequented games dressed in expensive tailored clothes from the 1920s, often stating that he "likes to watch."^[4]

He died in 2015 in Puszczykowo hospital after a long battle with illness. He was reported to have quipped that he was going to sleep "for a bit longer than usual."^[5]^[6]

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