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Michał Pazdan Personal information Full name Michał Pazdan Date of birth September 21, 1987 Place of birth Kraków, Poland Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Centre back, defensive midfielder Club information Current club Górnik Zabrze Number 2 Youth career 2002–2004 Hutnik Kraków Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2007 Hutnik Kraków 2007– Górnik Zabrze 99 (2) National team‡ 2007– Poland 5 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 August 2010Michał Pazdan (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpazdan], born September 21, 1987 in Kraków) is a Polish footballer who plays as a centerback and defensive midfielder for Polish Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze.
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Club career
Pazdan began his football career at Hutnik Kraków. He gradually made his way up the ranks and became part of the main team in the 2003-04 season.
In 2007 he joined Górnik Zabrze. He debuted in the Ekstraklasa on September 14, 2007 against Polonia Bytom. During that season he appeared 19 times for the club, 17 of those as a starter, and helped his team finish in 8th place that season.
International career
Pazdan has earned 5 caps for the Poland national football team. He made his debut on December 15, 2007 in a 1-0 friendly win against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Poland manager, Leo Beenhakker, called him up to participate in the 23-man squad at Euro 2008, however, along with Łukasz Garguła, he was the only player not to have played a single minute.
As of late, Pazdan has only been called up as a reserve for any players that may get injured, he was, however, called up on 21 November 2008 for friendly matches in Antalya, Turkey.[1]
Honours
Individual
- 2009 FIFA San Miguel Cup: Team of the Tournament[1]
- Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup: Runner-Up (Prize: PSP)[1]
External links
- Player stats (Polish)
- National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)
References
- ^ a b c 90minut.pl) (Polish)
Górnik Zabrze – current squad 1 Sławik · 2 Pazdan · 3 Szymura · 5 Gołębiewski · 6 Kwiek · 7 Bębenek · 8 Gierczak · 9 Jonczyk · 11 Wodecki · 13 Thomik · 14 Nakoulma · 16 Marciniak · 17 Olkowski · 19 Przybylski · 21 Magiera · 22 Zahorski · 24 Bemben · 25 Banaś (c) · 26 Danch · 28 Skorupski · 29 Peškovič · 30 Nowak · 77 Król · 87 Mączyński · 88 Gašparík · 99 Milik · Manager: Nawałka
Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Boruc • 2 Jop • 3 Wawrzyniak • 4 Golański • 5 Dudka • 6 Bąk • 7 Smolarek • 8 Krzynówek • 9 Żurawski • 10 Garguła • 11 Saganowski • 12 Kowalewski • 13 Wasilewski • 14 Żewłakow • 15 Pazdan • 16 Piszczek • 17 Łobodziński • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Murawski • 20 Guerreiro • 21 Zahorski • 22 Fabiański • 23 Kokoszka • Coach: Beenhakker
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Górnik Zabrze players
- Hutnik Kraków players
- Polish footballers
- Poland international footballers
- People from Kraków
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Polish football defender stubs
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