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Jerzy Brzęczek Personal information Full name Jerzy Józef Brzęczek Date of birth March 18, 1971 Place of birth Truskolasy, Poland Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1987–1988 Raków Częstochowa 1988–1992 Olimpia Poznań 108 (8) 1992–1993 Lech Poznań 29 (3) 1993–1994 Górnik Zabrze 46 (6) 1995 GKS Katowice 15 (3) 1995–1998 Tirol Innsbruck 85 (11) 1998–1999 LASK 33 (2) 1999–2000 Maccabi Haifa 47 (11) 2000–2002 Tirol Innsbruck 62 (7) 2002–2003 Sturm Graz 35 (2) 2004 FC Kärnten 13 (0) 2004–2007 Wacker Tirol 79 (8) 2007–2008 Górnik Zabrze 42 (5) 2009 Polonia Bytom 8 (0) National team 1992–1999 Poland 42 (4) HonoursCompetitor for 
PolandMen's Football Silver 1992 Barcelona Team Competition * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Jerzy Józef Brzęczek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈjuzɛf ˈbʐɛ̃t͡ʂɛk]) (born March 18, 1971 in Truskolasy) is a former Polish footballer, who played as a midfielder.
In a professional career which spanned nearly twenty years and brought nearly 50 caps with the national team, he played in his country, Austria and Israel.
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Football career
Club
During his career, Brzęczek played for Raków Częstochowa, Olimpia Poznań, Lech Poznań, Górnik Zabrze (two spells), GKS Katowice, FC Tirol Innsbruck (later FC Wacker Tirol), LASK Linz, Maccabi Haifa FC, SK Sturm Graz, FC Kärnten and Polonia Bytom, retiring in 2009 at 38.
He picked up championship medals in both Poland (with Lech Poznań in 1993) and Austria (with Tirol Innsbruck in 2001 and 2002).
National team
With 42 international caps to his credit, Brzęczek also represented the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning silver.
Personal
Brzęczek is uncle to another footballer, winger Jakub Blaszczykowski. He represented, most notably, Wisła Kraków and Borussia Dortmund.
External links
- Maccabi Haifa profile and short bio (Hebrew)
- Jerzy Brzęczek at National-Football-Teams.com
Poland squad – 1992 Summer Olympics Silver Medalists 1 Kłak • 2 Jałocha • 3 Łapiński • 4 Koźmiński • 5 Wałdoch • 6 Gęsior • 7 Świerczewski • 8 Adamczuk • 9 Mielcarski • 10 Brzęczek • 11 Juskowiak • 12 Onyszko • 13 Staniek • 14 Bajor • 15 Kobylański • 16 Waligóra • 17 Szubert • 18 Wieszczycki • 19 Koseła • 20 Kowalczyk • Coach: Wójcik
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Polish footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Ekstraklasa players
- Lech Poznań players
- Górnik Zabrze players
- GKS Katowice players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- FC Wacker Innsbruck players
- LASK Linz players
- Sturm Graz players
- FC Kärnten players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Poland international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Poland
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Poland
- Polish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Olympic medalists in football
- Polish football midfielder stubs
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs
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