Arkadiusz Bąk

{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1974)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Arkadiusz Bąk

| image = Arkadiusz Bąk.jpg

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|10|6}}

| birth_place = Stargard, Poland

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1992–1993

| clubs1 = Błękitni Stargard

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1993–1995

| clubs2 = Olimpia Poznań

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1995

| clubs3 = Lechia/Olimpia Gdańsk

| caps3 = 14

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1996

| clubs4 = Amica Wronki

| caps4 = 16

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1996

| clubs5 = Ruch Chorzów

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1997–2001

| clubs6 = Polonia Warsaw

| caps6 = 129

| goals6 = 40

| years7 = 2001

| clubs7 = Birmingham City

| caps7 = 4

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2002

| clubs8 = Widzew Łódź

| caps8 = 8

| goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2002

| clubs9 = Polonia Warsaw

| caps9 = 10

| goals9 = 6

| years10 = 2003–2006

| clubs10 = Amica Wronki

| caps10 = 42

| goals10 = 6

| years11 = 2006–2007

| clubs11 = Lech Poznań

| caps11 = 9

| goals11 = 3

| years12 = 2007

| clubs12 = Flota Świnoujście

| caps12 = 10

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2008–2014

| clubs13 = Lech Poznań Oldboys

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2002

| nationalteam1 = Poland

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Arkadiusz Bąk ({{IPA|pl|arˈkadjuʐ ˈbɔŋk}}; born 6 October 1974) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

=Club=

Having started his professional career in the 1992–93 season, Bąk also played for Ruch Chorzów, Polonia Warsaw, Birmingham City, Widzew Łódź and Amica Wronki. In 2000, he won the Polish title with Polonia. In 2008, he joined Flota Świnoujście from Lech Poznań.

=International=

He made thirteen appearances for Poland, including appearances during the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619045359/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178977/index.html Arkadiusz Bąk Statistics] FIFA. Retrieved 22 January.

After retirement

After retiring from playing he emigrated to Norway, and works as a youth coach developing young players, and working on ski slopes in the winter.{{citation|url=https://www.onet.pl/sport/onetsport/polak-odkrywa-prawde-o-ms-2002-po-latach-rany-otwieraja-sie-na-nowo/73tpc23,d87b6cc4|title="Wydawało się nam, że bardzo dobrze gramy w piłkę". Polak wspomina MŚ 2002|author=Dariusz Dobek|date=7 June 2022|publisher=onet.pl}}

Honours

Polonia Warsaw{{cite web |title=Arkadiusz Bąk |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=94 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=1 October 2024 |language=pl}}

Flota Świnoujście

  • III liga, group II: 2007–08{{cite web |title=III liga 2007/2008, grupa: 2 |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga3206.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=1 October 2024 |language=pl}}

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1997–98 (14 goals)

References

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