Radosław Kałużny

Radosław Kałużny
Personal information
Full name	Radosław Kałużny
Date of birth	2 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1998	Zagłębie Lubin
1998–2001	Wisła Kraków
2001–2003	FC Energie Cottbus
2003–2005	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2005	Rot-Weiss Essen
2005–2006	LR Ahlen
2006–2007	AEL Limassol
2007–2008	Jagiellonia Białystok
2010	Chrobry Głogów
International career
1997–2006	Poland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Radosław Kałużny (Polish pronunciation: [raˈdɔswaf kaˈwuʐnɨ]; born 2 February 1974) is a retired Polish football player. He usually played a holding midfield role during his career, but was unusually effective at attacking for a defensive midfielder, his international goalscoring record evidence of that.

Club career

Born in Góra, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Kałużny spent his first ten years in pro football in Poland. In 2001, he moved to Germany and stayed there for five years, playing for four teams. After another season in Cyprus, he last played for the Polish football club Jagiellonia Białystok and retired in summer 2008.^[1]

International career

Kałużny was capped 41 times for the Polish national team and scored 11 goals.^[2] He was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Style of play

Kałużny's main footballing attribute was perhaps his ability to retain possession for long periods of a game, due to a combination of accurate passing and excellent ball control. He also had a particularly venomous long-range shot. Perhaps his best season in football was the 2000–01 season for Energie Cottbus, where his performances had many admirers. A criticism of Kałużny during his career was that his mental attributes were less than desirable. He was easily wound up by opposition players, and often faded from games where his team was losing and needed him the most.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 1998–99 and 2000–01
Ekstraklasa Cup: 2001

References

^ "Two-time Polish champion Kałużny retires". UEFA.com. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "Radosław Kałużny". PZPN. Retrieved 14 October 2008.^{[dead link]}

External links

Radosław Kałużny at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

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[1] "Two-time Polish champion Kałużny retires". UEFA.com. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[2] "Radosław Kałużny". PZPN. Retrieved 14 October 2008.^{[dead link]}

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