- Jacek Bąk
Football player infobox
playername= Jacek Bąk
fullname = Jacek Bąk
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|3|24
cityofbirth =Lublin
countryofbirth =Poland
height = height|m=1.94
currentclub =Austria Wien
position = Defender
years = 1989–1992
1992–1995
1995–2001
2002–2005
2005–2007
2007–
clubs =Motor Lublin Lech Poznań Olympique Lyonnais RC Lens Al Rayyan Club Austria Wien
caps(goals) = 046 (2)
084 (2)
114 (4)
085 (2)
025 (1)
026 (3)
nationalyears = 1993–2008
nationalteam = Poland
nationalcaps(goals) = 096 (3)
pcupdate =April 27 ,2008
ntupdate =Jacek Bąk ( IPA2|ˈjatsɛk ˈbɔnk, born
March 24 1973 inLublin ), is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender forAustria Wien inAustria , as well as for thePoland national football team .Club career
He made his footballing debut with
Motor Lublin aged just 16, before moving toLech Poznań two years later.In Bąk's first season with Lech Poznań, he won the Polish championship title, before catching the eye of the Polish coach, who gave him his first international cap against Cyprus. Bąk was transferred to
Olympique Lyon in 1995.He also played in France for
RC Lens (January 2002–2005), where he bounced back, before moving to the Qatari league for Al-Rayyan club . In 2007, he switched back toEurope and signed with Austria Wien.International career
Bąk represented his nation in the
2002 FIFA World Cup held inSouth Korea andJapan , and the 2006 edition inGermany .In late 2006, Bąk claimed he was offered money to affect the outcome of the
Euro 2008 qualifying fixture between Belgium and Poland in Belgium's favour.Fact|date=February 2007 On July 14th, 2008 he announced that he was retiring from International football.Poland Goals
Personal
Jacek Bąk has a wife named Anna, with one son also named Jacek. His surname means both "
horse-fly " and "spinning top " in Polish.Fact|date=June 2008External links
* [http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=96 Player profile on 90minut.pl] pl icon
* [http://pzpn.pl/a_kadra.php?oid=343 National team stats on pzpn.pl] pl icon
* [http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur2541.html L'Équipe stats]
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