Jerzy Brzęczek
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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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) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team 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 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 602 | (66) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1992–1999 | Poland | 42 | (4) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Raków Częstochowa | |||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Lechia Gdańsk | |||||||||||||
2015–2017[1] | GKS Katowice | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Wisła Płock | |||||||||||||
2018– | Poland | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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 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.
Personal
Brzęczek's nephew is a footballer, winger Jakub Błaszczykowski, who has most notably represented Wisła Kraków, Borussia Dortmund and VFL Wolfsburg
Managerial statistics
- As of 13 October 2019[update]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Poland | 2018 | present | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 42.86 |
Total | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 42.86 |
References
- ^ 1. liga. GKS Katowice bez trenera. Jerzy Brzęczek podał się do dymisji‚ sport.pl, 20 May 2017
- ^ "Jerzy Brzęczek is named Poland's new national team manager - but who is he?". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
External links
- Maccabi Haifa profile and short bio Template:He icon
- Jerzy Brzęczek at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Polish footballers
- Polish football managers
- Association football midfielders
- Ekstraklasa players
- Lech Poznań players
- Górnik Zabrze players
- GKS Katowice players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- FC Wacker Innsbruck players
- LASK Linz players
- SK Sturm Graz players
- FC Kärnten players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Poland international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Poland
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- Polish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Olympic medalists in football
- People from Kłobuck County
- Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Polonia Bytom players
- Lechia Gdańsk managers
- GKS Katowice managers
- Poland national football team managers