Jerzy Brzęczek

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)
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	GKS Katowice
2017–2018	Wisła Płock
2018–	Poland
Medal record Representing Poland Men's Football 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
*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. 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.

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
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Poland	2018	present	16	8	4	4	050.00
Total			16	8	4	4	050.00

External links

• Maccabi Haifa profile and short bio (in Hebrew)
• Jerzy Brzęczek at National-Football-Teams.com