Jerzy Brzęczek

Jerzy Brzęczek

Personal information
Full name	Jerzy Józef Brzęczek
Date of birth	March 18, 1971 (1971-03-18) (age 40)
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)
Honours Competitor for  Poland Men'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.

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

Persondata
Name	Brzęczek, Jerzy
Alternative names	Brzęczek, Jerzy Józef
Short description	Polish footballer
Date of birth	March 18, 1971
Place of birth	Truskolasy, Poland
Date of death
Place of death