Jerzy Brzęczek

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Jerzy Brzęczek
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Jerzy Brzęczek in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jerzy Józef Brzęczek
Date of birth (1971-03-18) 18 March 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth Truskolasy, Poland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) 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)
1994–1995 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)
2003–2004 FC Kärnten 13 (0)
2004–2007 Wacker Tirol 79 (8)
2007–2008 Górnik Zabrze 42 (5)
2008–2009 Polonia Bytom 9 (0)
Total 602 (66)
National team
1992–1999 Poland 42 (4)
Teams managed
2010–2014 Raków Częstochowa
2014–2015 Lechia Gdańsk
2015–2017 GKS Katowice
2017–2018 Wisła Płock
2018–2021 Poland
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jerzy Józef Brzęczek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈjuzɛv ˈbʐɛnt͡ʂɛk]; born 18 March 1971) is a Polish professional football manager and former player.

In a professional career which spanned nearly 20 years and brought 42 caps with the Poland national team, Brzęczek played for clubs in Poland, Austria and Israel. From 2018 to 2021, he was the head coach for the Poland national team.

Football career[]

Club[]

During his career, Brzęczek played for Raków Częstochowa, Olimpia Poznań, Lech Poznań, Górnik Zabrze (two spells), GKS Katowice, Tirol Innsbruck (later Wacker Tirol), LASK Linz, Maccabi Haifa, Sturm Graz, FC Kärnten and Polonia Bytom, retiring in 2009 at age 38. Brzęczek 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.

Coaching career[]

Clubs[]

On November 17, 2014, he became the coach of Lechia Gdańsk, and on September 1, 2015 he was released. Then, from the end of September 2015, he was a manager for GKS Katowice. On May 20, 2017, after losing a game against MKS Kluczbork and losing the chances of promotion to the Ekstraklasa, he resigned.[1] On July 11, 2017, he became the coach of Wisła Płock.[2]

Poland[]

He became Poland manager in 2018.[3] As coach of Poland, the team didn't have an impressive performance in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A, with the team got relegated with two losses and two draws. Poland's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying has been quite more impressive, with the team managed to win four opening matches without conceding a goal. However, with the team later got a humiliating defeat to Slovenia and a home draw to Austria, he faced heavy pressure on demanding him to quit. Despite this, he managed Poland to be back on track with two final wins over Latvia and North Macedonia, eventually qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020.[4] Brzęczek was sacked on January 18, 2021.[5]

Personal[]

Brzęczek's nephew is a footballer, winger Jakub Błaszczykowski, who has most notably represented Wisła Kraków, Borussia Dortmund and VFL Wolfsburg. His sister, Błaszczykowski's mother, was murdered by her husband which caused family separation.

Managerial statistics[]

As of 18 November 2020
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Poland Lechia Gdańsk 2014 2015 30 11 9 10 036.67
Poland GKS Katowice 2015 2017 56 25 14 17 044.64
Poland Wisła Płock 2017 2018 38 17 6 15 044.74
Poland Poland national team 2018 2021 24 12 5 7 050.00
Total 148 65 34 49 043.92

References[]

  1. ^ 1. liga. GKS Katowice bez trenera. Jerzy Brzęczek podał się do dymisji‚ sport.pl, 20 May 2017
  2. ^ Jerzy Brzęczek trenerem Wisły Płock, 90minut.pl, 11 July 2017
  3. ^ "Jerzy Brzęczek is named Poland's new national team manager - but who is he?". www.thefirstnews.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ^ "El. Euro 2020: Polska - Macedonia Północna. Kto bohaterem biało-czerwonych? [OCENY]".
  5. ^ "Jerzy Brzęczek przestał być trenerem piłkarskiej reprezentacji Polski". www.rmf24.pl. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

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