Adam Kokoszka
{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adam Kokoszka
| image = Adam Kokoszka 2011.jpg
| caption = Kokoszka in KSP colours, 2011
| fullname =
| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Andrychów, Poland
| currentclub =
| position = Centre-back
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Beskid Andrychów
| years1 = 2003–2008 | clubs1 = Wisła Kraków | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2008–2011 | clubs2 = Empoli | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = → Polonia Warsaw (loan) | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2011–2013 | clubs4 = Polonia Warsaw | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5 = Śląsk Wrocław | caps5 = 45 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = Torpedo Moscow | caps6 = 22 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015–2018 | clubs7 = Śląsk Wrocław | caps7 = 57 | goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2018–2019 | clubs8 = Zagłębie Sosnowiec | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2021–2022 | clubs9 = Unia Tarnów | caps9 = 26 | goals9 = 0
| totalcaps = 267 | totalgoals = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2014 | nationalteam1 = Poland| nationalcaps1 = 11| nationalgoals1 = 2
}}
Adam Kokoszka ({{IPA|pol|ˈadam kɔˈkɔʂka}}, born 6 October 1986) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Besides Poland, he has played in Italy[https://archive.today/20210511100237/https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/rozgrywki2/nizsze-ligi/wywiad-adam-kokoszka-zagra-w-czwartej-lidze-przyszedl-czas-by-podzielic-sie-doswiadczeniem Adam Kokoszka zagra w czwartej lidze. „Przyszedł czas, by podzielić się doświadczeniem”] laczynaspilka.pl (Archived) and Russia.
Club career
His debut for Wisła Kraków came on 4 August 2006 against Arka Gdynia.
On 28 July 2008, he signed a five-year contract with Empoli,{{cite news | url = http://www.bialoczerwoni.com.pl/kadra.php?id=3746882 | title = Adam Kokoszka | work = Oficjalny portal Polskiej Reprezentacji Piłkarskiej | accessdate = 2011-07-22 | language = pl | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120325132105/http://www.bialoczerwoni.com.pl/kadra.php?id=3746882 | archive-date = 2012-03-25 | url-status = dead }} using the Webster ruling to leave Wisla. Wisla brought the matter to FIFA but in October the organization cleared Kokoszka to play for Empoli.{{cite news|url=http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,70998,5811994,Adam_Kokoszka_moze_grac_w_Empoli.html |title=Adam Kokoszka może grać w Empoli |date=2008-10-14 |work=Sport.pl |accessdate=2009-02-09 |language=pl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133005/http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1%2C70998%2C5811994%2CAdam_Kokoszka_moze_grac_w_Empoli.html |archive-date=2015-09-24 }} He debuted for his new club in a 4-0 win over U.S. Sassuolo Calcio on 28 October.
On 19 January 2011, a half-year loan transfer to Polonia Warsaw was announced.{{cite news | url = http://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/adam-kokoszka-w-polonii-warszawa,1,4117076,wiadomosc.html | title = Adam Kokoszka w Polonii Warszawa | date = 2011-01-19 | work = Onet.pl | accessdate = 2011-01-19 | language = pl | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110122072452/http://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/adam-kokoszka-w-polonii-warszawa,1,4117076,wiadomosc.html | archive-date = 2011-01-22 }}
In July 2014, Kokoszka signed a three-year contract with Torpedo Moscow,{{cite web|publisher=FC Torpedo Moscow|url=http://fc-tm.ru/arkhiv-novostej/item/3499-avtozavodtsy-podpisali-kontrakt-s-zashchitnikom-sbornoj-polshi|script-title=ru:АВТОЗАВОДЦЫ ПОДПИСАЛИ КОНТРАКТ С ЗАЩИТНИКОМ СБОРНОЙ ПОЛЬШИ|date=3 July 2014|language=ru|access-date=23 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715042753/http://fc-tm.ru/arkhiv-novostej/item/3499-avtozavodtsy-podpisali-kontrakt-s-zashchitnikom-sbornoj-polshi|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead}} however in April 2015, Kokoszka left Torpedo Moscow having not been paid by the club for four months.{{cite web|title=Adam Kokoszka odchodzi z Torpieda|url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/249/news2494637-Adam-Kokoszka-odchodzi-z-Torpieda.html|website=90minut.pl/|publisher=90minut.pl|accessdate=23 April 2015|language=pl|date=22 April 2015}}
International career
Although he had made only a few appearances for his club, he was noticed by Leo Beenhakker and debuted for the Poland national team a short while later, in a friendly away to the United Arab Emirates on 6 December 2006. In the next friendly match against Estonia he scored his first goal for Poland. He was called up for Euro 2008 and made one appearance, in Poland's final match against Croatia.
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Honours
Notes
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External links
- {{90minut|5949}}
- [http://www.pzpn.pl/index.php/pol/Reprezentacje/Reprezentacje-meskie/Reprezentacja-A/Kadra?zawodnik=3929 National team stats]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{Soccerway|adam-kokoszka/12777}}
{{Poland squad UEFA Euro 2008}}
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Category:People from Andrychów
Category:Footballers from Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Polish men's footballers
Category:Poland men's international footballers
Category:Polonia Warsaw players
Category:Śląsk Wrocław players
Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players
Category:Zagłębie Sosnowiec players
Category:Unia Tarnów (football) players
Category:UEFA Euro 2008 players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Polish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy