Artur Sarnat

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| name = Artur Sarnat

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1970|09|20}}

| birth_place = Kraków, Poland

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2024|11|17|1970|09|20}}

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| height = 1.88 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Wawel Kraków

| years1 = 1990–1992

| clubs1 = Wawel Kraków | caps1 =

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| years2 = 1990–1992

| clubs2 = Świt Krzeszowice | caps2 =

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| years3 = 1990–1992

| clubs3 = Wawel Kraków | caps3 =

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| years4 = 1992

| clubs4 = Błękitni Kielce | caps4 = 3

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1993

| clubs5 = Cracovia | caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1993–2001

| clubs6 = Wisła Kraków | caps6 = 199

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2001

| clubs7 = Diyarbakirspor | caps7 = 4

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2002–2003

| clubs8 = Wisła Kraków | caps8 = 6

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2004

| clubs9 = Polonia Warsaw | caps9 = 12

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2004–2005

| clubs10 = KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

| caps10 = 29

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2005–2006

| clubs11 = Korona Kielce | caps11 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2006–2007

| clubs12 = Kmita Zabierzów | caps12 = 23

| goals12 = 0

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Michałowianka Michałowice (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears2 =

| managerclubs2 = Świt Krzeszowice (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears3 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs3 = Garbarnia Kraków (goalkeeping coach)

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Artur Sarnat (20 September 1970 – 17 November 2024) was a Polish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Besides Poland, he played in Turkey.{{Cite web |last=Podstufka |first=Szymon |date=7 June 2020 |title=Artur Sarnat: "Na Camp Nou czułem się jak w mrowisku" |url=https://weszlo.com/2020/06/07/artur-sarnat-na-camp-nou-czulem-sie-jak-w-mrowisku/ |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=weszlo.com |language=pl-PL}}

Career

Sarnat began his football journey at Wawel Kraków. Over the course of his career, he played 181 matches in the top tier of Polish football, representing Wisła Kraków and Polonia Warsaw.{{cite web |title=Artur Sarnat |url=http://90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=1869 |accessdate=16 November 2008 |publisher=90 Minut}} While at Wisła, he participated in European competitions between 1998 and 2001, featuring in matches against prominent teams such as Parma, FC Porto, Barcelona, and Inter Milan.{{Cite web |title=Wisła Kraków – Games in European Cups |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wislakrakow-ec.html |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=www.rsssf.org}} He also played for the Turkish club Diyarbakırspor but left due to the club's failure to fulfill its financial obligations.{{cite web |title=ARTUR SARNAT |url=http://www.tff.org.tr/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=29859 |accessdate=16 November 2008 |publisher=Turkish Football Federation}}{{Cite web |date=21 February 2002 |title=Artur Sarnat znów w kadrze pierwszej drużyny |url=https://archive.today/20120719224053/http://wislakrakow.com/www/showarticle.php?articleid=280 |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=wislakrakow.com}} His playing career concluded at Kmita Zabierzów after the autumn half of the 2007–08 season.

On 1 July 2011, he took up the position of goalkeeper coach at Garbarnia Kraków.{{Cite web |date=1 July 2011 |title=Artur Sarnat trenerem bramkarzy Garbarni |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/161/news1611976-Artur-Sarnat-trenerem-bramkarzy-Garbarni.html |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=www.90minut.pl}}

Death

Sarnat died on 17 November 2024, at the age of 54.[https://gazetakrakowska.pl/nie-zyje-artur-sarnat-byly-bramkarz-wisly-krakow-mial-zaledwie-54-lata-z-biala-gwiazda-zdobyl-dwa-mistrzostwa-polski/ar/c2-18945659 Nie żyje Artur Sarnat, były bramkarz Wisły Kraków. Miał zaledwie 54 lata. Z "Białą Gwiazdą" zdobył dwa mistrzostwa Polski] {{in lang|pl}} He was buried on 21 November 2024 at the cemetery in Michałowice, near Kraków.{{Cite web |title=„Na jego grze się wychowywałem”. Piłkarska Polska pożegnała Artura Sarnata |url=https://www.radiokrakow.pl/aktualnosci/krakow/na-jego-grze-sie-wychowywalem-pilkarski-krakow-pozegnal-artura-sarnata/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=www.radiokrakow.pl |language=pl}}

Honours

Wisła Kraków{{cite web |title=Artur Sarnat |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=1869 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=5 April 2024 |language=pl}}