Waldemar Kryger

Football player infobox
playername= Waldemar Kryger
fullname = Waldemar Kryger
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|11|8
cityofbirth = Poznan
countryofbirth = Poland
height = height|m=1.77
currentclub = retired
position = Defender
years = 1982–1983
1983-1998
1998–2002
2002–2004
clubs = Patria Buk
Lech Poznan
VFL Wolfsburg
Lech Poznan
caps(goals) = ?(?)
258(3)
126(1)
44(0)
nationalyears = 1997–1998
nationalteam = Poland
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (1)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = 23:58, August 25, 2008

Waldemar Kryger (born November 8 1968 in Poznań), is a former Polish footballer, who played as a defender.

He spent much of his career playing for Lech Poznań; Kryger played a total of 17 seasons for Kolejorz (from 1983/1984 to 1997/1998 and from 2002/2003 to 2003/2004) accumulating a total of 302 matches and scoring 3 goals. With Lech, he contributed to winning 3 Polish League titles in (1990, 1992 and 1993), 3 Polish SuperCup's (1990, 1992 and 2004) plus 2 Polish Cups (1988 and 2004). He began his playing career at Patria Buk playing there one season (1982/1983). After 15 seasons at Lech, he moved to VfL Wolfsburg in Germany playing from the (1997/1998 to 2001/2002) seasons. He played a total of 126 matches and scored 1 goal. He again returned to Poznan to play where he ended up finishing his playing career. He played for the national team in 5 matches, makes his debut on February 14, 1997 during the Poland - Lithuania). He scored his only national team goal against Latvia on February 17, 1997. After finishing his playing career, he became a coach. He worked as a coach for Czesław Michniewicz while he was the head coach of Lech Poznań. Later, Kryger decided to become a coach for the Lech Poznan Youth Teams.