Przemysław Kaźmierczak

Football player infobox
playername= Przemysław Kaźmierczak
fullname = Przemysław Kaźmierczak
nickname = Kaz
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|5|5
cityofbirth = Łęczyca
countryofbirth = Poland
height = height|m=1.91
currentclub = Derby County
(on loan from F.C. Porto)
clubnumber = 6
position = Midfielder
years = 1990-2000
2000-2004
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–
2008-
clubs = ŁKS Łódź
Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski
Pogoń Szczecin
→ Boavista (loan)
F.C. Porto
→ Derby County (loan)
caps(goals) = 0? (?)
0? (?)
49 (5)
28 (5)
11 (0)
00 (0)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = Poland
nationalcaps(goals) = 9 (1)
pcupdate = 23:59, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Przemysław Kaźmierczak ( IPA2|pʂɛˈmɨswaf kaʑˈmʲɛrtʂak; born May 5, 1982 in Łęczyca, Poland), is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Derby County.

Career

Early career

Kaźmierczak started his professional career in the 1999-2000 season with Polish side ŁKS Łódź before moving to Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski and then Pogoń Szczecin, before a successful loan spell at Boavista during the 2006/07 season, where he hit 5 goals in 28 matches. This form brought him to the attention of FC Porto who signed him from Pogoń in July 2007 for a fee of around €1.4m.

FC Porto

Kaźmierczak struggled to break into the first team at Porto during his first season with the club, being restricted to just 11 appearances as the club won its third successive Liga Sagres title. He also made one appearance in the Champions League, playing 65 minutes as Porto lost 4-1 away to Liverpool.

Kaźmierczak's disappointing first season at Porto saw him linked with a move away from the club and, on July 21 2008 it was announced that he had joined English Football League Championship side Derby County on a season-long loan with a view to a £1.3m permanent deal.cite news | title=KAZMIERCZAK DEAL IS COMPLETED| publisher=dcfc.co.uk | date=2008-07-21 | url=http://www.dcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~1347885,00.html| accessdate=2008-07-21 ]

International career

Whilst at Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski, Kaźmierczak was called into the Poland U-18 national team and was part of the team that won the European championship. He eventually forced his way into the first team squad following his successful spell with Boavista and has so far earned 9 caps, scoring once and helping his country qualify for the 2008 European Championships in Austria/Switzerland.However, following his unsuccessful spell with Porto he was left out of the squad for the finals themselves

External links

* [http://www.zerozero.pt/jogador.php?id=28528&op=zoomstats Player stats] pt icon
* [http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=819 Player profile on 90minut.pl] pl icon
* [http://pzpn.pl/a_kadra.php?oid=58639 National team stats on pzpn.pl] pl icon