Piotr Polczak
{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1986)}}
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| name = Piotr Polczak
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| fullname = Piotr Pawel Polczak
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|08|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kraków, Poland
| height = {{height|m=1.92|precision=0}}
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub =
| years1 = 2004 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = MMKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
| years2 = 2004–2008 | caps2 = 74 | goals2 = 5 | clubs2 = GKS Katowice
| years3 = 2008–2010 | caps3 = 77 | goals3 = 5 | clubs3 = Cracovia
| years4 = 2011–2013 | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 1 | clubs4 = Terek Grozny
| years5 = 2013 | caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = → Volga Nizhny Novgorod (loan)
| years6 = 2013–2014 | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 2 | clubs6 = Volga Nizhny Novgorod
| years7 = 2015–2017 | caps7 = 76 | goals7 = 4 | clubs7 = Cracovia
| years8 = 2017–2018 | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 1 | clubs8 = Astra Giurgiu
| years9 = 2018–2021 | caps9 = 58 | goals9 = 2 | clubs9 = Zagłębie Sosnowiec
| totalcaps = | totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2009| nationalteam1 = Poland| nationalcaps1 = 5| nationalgoals1 = 0
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Piotr Pawel Polczak (born 25 August 1986) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He served as the sporting director of Zagłębie Sosnowiec from December 2022 to November 2023.{{cite web |title=Piotr Polczak odchodzi z Zagłębia Sosnowiec |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/329/news3294078-Piotr-Polczak-odchodzi-z-Zaglebia-Sosnowiec.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=16 November 2023 |date=16 November 2023}}
Club career
In February 2011, he joined Russian club Terek Grozny on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[http://www.futbolnews.pl/informacje/informacje-transferowe/art,402,polczak-bedzie-gral-w-tereku-grozny.html Polczak będzie grał w Tereku Grozny] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190314/http://www.futbolnews.pl/informacje/informacje-transferowe/art,402,polczak-bedzie-gral-w-tereku-grozny.html |date=2016-03-04 }} 17.02.2011, futbolnews.pl
On 3 July 2017 he signed a contract with Romanian side Astra Giurgiu.{{cite web |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/278/news2788179-Piotr-Polczak-w-Astrze-Giurgiu.html |title=Piotr Polczak w Astrze Giurgiu |publisher=90minut |date=3 July 2017 |accessdate=4 July 2017 |language=Polish}}
International career
He made his first appearance for the Poland national team in a friendly against Ukraine on 20 August 2008.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{90minut|5722}}
- {{NFT player|16596}}
- {{Soccerway|piotr-polczak/28647}}
- {{RomanianSoccer|4551/piotr-polczak}}
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Category:Footballers from Kraków
Category:Polish men's footballers
Category:Poland men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:FC Akhmat Grozny players
Category:FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players
Category:FC Astra Giurgiu players
Category:Zagłębie Sosnowiec players
Category:Russian Premier League players
Category:Russian First League players
Category:Polish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Category:Polish sports executives and administrators
Category:Polish football executives
Category:21st-century Polish sportsmen
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