Jerzy Brzęczek

Jerzy Brzęczek

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+1⁄2 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
show Honours Representing  Poland Men's Football 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
* 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 %
Lechia Gdańsk	2014	2015	30	11	9	10	036.67
GKS Katowice	2015	2017	56	25	14	17	044.64
Wisła Płock	2017	2018	38	17	6	15	044.74
Poland national team	2018	2021	24	12	5	7	050.00
Total			148	65	34	49	043.92

References[]

External links[]

• Maccabi Haifa profile and short bio (in Hebrew)
• Jerzy Brzęczek at National-Football-Teams.com