Marek Zając

Marek Zajac

Personal information
Full name	Marek Zajac
Date of birth	September 17, 1973 (1973-09-17) (age 38)
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1.2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Guangzhou R&F (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1995	Cracovia	?	(?)
1995–1997	Hutnik Kraków	36	(4)
1997–2002	Wisła Kraków	95	(16)
2002	Denizlispor	10	(0)
2002–2003	Zagłębie Lubin	21	(2)
2003–2004	Akçaabat Sebatspor	23	(1)
2003–2008	Shenzhen Jianlibao	106	(5)
2009	Liaoning Hongyun	15	(2)
National team
2000–2001	Poland	2	(0)
Teams managed
2011–	Guangzhou R&F (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marek Zajac, or simply Marek (September 17, 1973 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish soccer player currently playing soccer for Chinese club Liaoning Hongyun. A versatille defender he experienced considerable success with Wisła Kraków before moving to Turkey to play for Süper Lig sides Denizlispor and A. Sebatspor until he joined Chinese side Shenzhen Jianlibao and became a prominent figure within the team for five seasons.

Club career

Marek Zając previously played for Cracovia and Hutnik Kraków before he moved to Polish powerhouse Wisła Kraków where he experinced considerable success by winning two league titles and a call up to his national team. This saw Turkish side Denizlispor interested with his services and Zając moved to them during the 2001-02 season, however he only played in ten league games before returning to Poland with Zagłębie Lubin the following season.^[1] With another chance to play in the Süper Lig Marek Zając joined Akçaabat Sebatspor in the 2003-04 season where he stayed for one season.

Halfway through the 2004 Chinese league season Zając moved to Shenzhen Jianlibao to help them in their push for the league title. Achieving this he remained with the team for the next five seasons despite the exit of most of their top stars and manager, however when he finally left the team at the end of the 2008 league season he became the teams longest serving foreigner. Zając remained in China and joined second tier side Liaoning Hongyun at the beginning of the 2009 league season and helpped the team win the division title.

International career

Zając made two appearances for the Polish national team.^[2]

Honours

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa : 1998–99, 2000-01

Shenzhen Shangqingyin

• Chinese Super League: 2004

Liaoning Hongyun

• China League One: 2009

References

1. ^ http://nationalfootballteams.com/v2/player.php?id=13655
2. ^ "Marek Zając". PZPN. http://pzpn.pl/a_kadra.php?oid=58214. Retrieved 2008-10-14. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Profile at Nationalfootballteams

Persondata
Name	Zajac, Marek
Alternative names
Short description	Polish footballer
Date of birth	September 17, 1973
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Date of death
Place of death