Przemysław Kaźmierczak
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| Przemysław Kaźmierczak | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Przemysław Kaźmierczak | |
| Date of birth | 5 May 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Łęczyca, Poland | |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Vitória F.C. | |
| Number | 5 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990–2000 2000–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2008–2009 2009- 2009- |
ŁKS Łódź Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski Pogoń Szczecin → Boavista (loan) F.C. Porto → Derby County (loan) → Vitória F.C. (loan) Vitória F.C. |
? (?) ? (?) 49 (5) 28 (5) 11 (0) 22 (2) 6 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2007– | Poland | 9 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Przemysław Kaźmierczak (Polish pronunciation: [pʂɛˈmɨswaf kaʑˈmʲɛrtʂak]; born 5 May 1982 in Łęczyca, Poland), is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vitória F.C..
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Kaźmierczak started his professional career in the 1999–2000 season with Polish side ŁKS Łódź before moving to Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski and then Pogoń Szczecin, before a successful loan spell at Boavista during the 2006–07 season, where he hit five goals in 28 matches. This form brought him to the attention of FC Porto who signed him from Pogoń in July 2007 for a fee of around €1.4m.
[edit] FC Porto
Kaźmierczak struggled to break into the first team at Porto during his first season with the club, being restricted to just 11 appearances as the club won its third successive Liga Sagres title. He also made one appearance in the Champions League, playing 65 minutes as Porto lost 4–1 away to Liverpool.
[edit] Derby County
Kaźmierczak's disappointing first season at Porto saw him linked with a move away from the club and, on 21 July 2008 it was announced that he had joined English Football League Championship side Derby County on a season-long loan with a view to a £1.3m permanent deal. After coming on as a substitute, Kaźmierczak scored his first goal for Derby with a clinical finish against Norwich in a 3–1 win.[1] Kaźmierczak fell out of favour under new Derby manager Nigel Clough, and finished the season with 22 league appearances, scoring twice. Kaźmierczak later revealed his frustration at being left out of the team at Derby, accusing Clough of "not liking foreign [players]", and that "I have made up my mind - I want to leave. It is all over. I am leaving Derby County".[2] Clough responded to Kaźmierczak's accusations, saying "Is that what he said, is it? I have got no problems with foreign players at all. If they have got the right character and they want to fight tooth and nail for Derby County, we will have players whether they are Chinese, American, Spanish – anyone to help us get three points." Kaz's arguement seems to have some validity as foreginers Martin Ablrechtsen, Mile Sterjovski and Emanuel Villa have also been forced out to be replaced by low quality players with english names sounding such as Jake Buxton, Ben Pringle and Dean Moxey [3]
[edit] Vitoria Setubal
On 14 July 2009 Vitória F.C. have signed the Polish and former Porto F.C. midfielder on a loan deal for one year, he played on loan for Derby County last season[4].
[edit] International career
Whilst at Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski, Kaźmierczak was called into the Poland U-18 national team and was part of the team that won the European championship. He eventually forced his way into the first team squad following his successful spell with Boavista and has so far earned nine caps, scoring once and helping his country qualify for the 2008 European Championships in Austria/Switzerland. However, following his unsuccessful spell with Porto he was left out of the squad for the finals themselves
[edit] References
- ^ "KAZMIERCZAK DEAL IS COMPLETED". dcfc.co.uk. 2008-07-21. http://www.dcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~1347885,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "Clough doesn’t like foreigners, says Kaz". Setanta Sports. 2009-05-07. http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/Football/2009/05/07/Championship-Kazmierczak-on-Clough/gnid-51907/. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Aussie clubs could move to take Mile back home". Derby Evening Telegraph. 2009-05-09. http://therams.co.uk/stories/aussie-clubs-could-move-to-take-mile-back-home. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ Kazmierczak on loan to Vitoria Setubal
[edit] External links
- Przemysław Kaźmierczak career stats at Soccerbase
- Player stats (Portuguese)
- Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
- National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)
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