Piotr Czachowski

{{short description|Polish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|11|7}}

|birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

|height = 1.80 m

|position = Defender, midfielder

|youthyears1 = 1983–1985

|youthclubs1 = Okęcie Warsaw

|years1 = 1985–1990

|clubs1 = Stal Mielec

|caps1 = 115

|goals1 = 2

|years2 = 1990–1991

|clubs2 = Legia Warsaw

|caps2 = 12

|goals2 = 0

|years3 = 1991–1992

|clubs3 = Zagłębie Lubin

|caps3 = 29

|goals3 = 2

|years4 = 1992–1993

|clubs4 = Udinese

|caps4 = 11

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 1993

|clubs5 = Legia Warsaw

|caps5 = 2

|goals5 = 0

|years6 = 1993–1994

|clubs6 = Dundee

|caps6 = 19

|goals6 = 1

|years7 = 1995–1997

|clubs7 = ŁKS Łódź

|caps7 = 54

|goals7 = 2

|years8 = 1997–1998

|clubs8 = Aluminium Konin

|caps8 = 48

|goals8 = 4

|years9 = 1998–2002

|clubs9 = Okęcie Warsaw

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|years10 = 2002–2006

|clubs10 = KS Piaseczno

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|years11 = 2012

|clubs11 = UKS Łady

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|nationalyears1 = 1989-1993

|nationalteam1 = Poland

|nationalcaps1 = 45

|nationalgoals1 = 1

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Piotr Czachowski (born 7 November 1966) is a Polish football pundit, co-commentator and former player. In 1991, he won the Polish Footballer of the Year Award conferred by the Piłka Nożna football weekly.{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/footballer_of_the_year/polen/# |title=Player of the year – Poland |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=22 December 2024}}

Playing career

He played for several clubs in his native Poland, as well as Udinese in Italy and Dundee in Scotland. He was the third Polish player to sign with a Serie A club, after Zbigniew Boniek and Władysław Żmuda. With Legia Warsaw, he played in the semifinals of 1991 Cup Winners' Cup, losing to Manchester United. He was capped by Poland 45 times in the late 1980s and early 1990s.{{NFT player}} He held a record for most consecutive games from the debut in the national team. During his stint in Dundee, he sustained an injury which eliminated him from the entire 1994–95 season; after the injury he never played again in the national team. In 1991, he was voted Polish Footballer of the Year.

Post-retirement

After retirement, he became a youth coach and PE teacher.{{cite web|url = https://sport.onet.pl/co-robia-znani-polscy-sportowcy-na-emeryturze-wuefista-ratownik-medyczny-i-kierowca/xbc5gz7#slajd-1|language = Polish |title= Co robią znani polscy sportowcy na emeryturze? Wuefista, ratownik medyczny i kierowca autobusu|author=onet.pl |date= 16 October 2020}}

Style of play

Czachowski was a reliable defender who was valued for his marking. He was also an excellent tackler.

Career statistics

=International=

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="5"|Poland

|1989

60
1990150
1991111
199270
199360
colspan="2"|Total451

Honours

Individual

References

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