Erwin Sak

Football player infobox
playername = Erwin Sak


fullname = Erwin Sak
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1990|02|15
cityofbirth = Lublin
countryofbirth = Poland
height = height|ft=6|in=0
currentclub = Cardiff City
clubnumber = 25
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 2000-2005
2005-2008
youthclubs = LSP Legion Lublin
MSP Szamotuły
years = 2006
2006-2007
2008-
2008
clubs = Drawa Thule Krzyż Wlkp.
Sokół Pniewy
Cardiff City
→ Newport County (loan)
caps(goals) = 17 (0)
45 (0)
00 (0)
01 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 24 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Erwin Sak (born February 15, 1990 in Lublin) is a Polish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Football League Championship side Cardiff City.

Early career

Erwin Sak started his career with the club LSP Legion Lublin. At the age of 15 he moved to the best known football academy in Poland, MSP Szamotuły where for two and a half years his talent was nurtured by Andrzej Dawidziuk, the current Head Goalkeeping Coach in the Poland National Team.

Club career

At 16 years old, Sak began to play regularly in senior teams. In 2006 he joined Drawa Thule Krzyż Wlkp and after six months he was promoted to a higher league (equivalent of Football League Two) and played for Sokół Pniewy until January 2008. He went on a one week trial at Championship side Cardiff City and eventually signed for the club. [ [http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11704_3168842,00.html "Bluebirds swoop for Pole"] "SkySports". Accessed 2008-02-24.] On 19 February he was included in the first team at Cardiff for the first time when he was named as a substitute in the FAW Premier Cup semi-final against Newport County.

At the start of the 2008-09 season, Sak was named as the clubs third choice goalkeeper for the forthcoming season behind Tom Heaton and Peter Enckelman. On 2 September, 2008, Sak joined Dean Holdsworth's Newport County on a one month loan to cover for the injured Glyn Thompson [ [http://www.the-exiles.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8120#p61329 NCAFC ENews, September 2nd: "Holdsworth Gets The Sak"] ] , playing once for the club in a 2-0 defeat to Havant & Waterlooville.

International career

He has been nominated for Polish junior national teams. He was called up in June 2007. [ [http://www.pzpn.pl/jun_1990C.php?inf=12262 U-17: Konsultacja w Ciechanowie] ]

References