Sławomir Peszko

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Sławomir Peszko
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Peszko playing for Poland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Sławomir Konrad Peszko[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-19) 19 February 1985 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Jasło, Poland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wieczysta Kraków
Number 7
Youth career
Nafta Jedlicze
Orlen Płock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Wisła Płock 112 (22)
2008–2011 Lech Poznań 68 (11)
2011–2013 1. FC Köln 43 (2)
2012–2013 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 13 (0)
2013–2014 Parma 0 (0)
2013–2014 → 1. FC Köln (loan) 24 (3)
2014–2015 1. FC Köln 18 (0)
2015–2020 Lechia Gdańsk 100 (12)
2019 → Wisła Kraków (loan) 14 (3)
2020– Wieczysta Kraków 9 (15)
National team‡
2008–2018 Poland 44 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2018

Sławomir Konrad Peszko ([swaˈvɔmir ˈpɛʂkɔ] (About this soundlisten); born 19 February 1985) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wieczysta Kraków.

Peszko has won championships and cup competitions in his native Poland with Wisła Płock, Lech Poznań and Lechia Gdańsk. Between 2011–2015 Peszko played abroad starting with a move to Germany with 1. FC Köln in 2011, and had short spells in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Italy with Parma.

Peszko was a Polish international player for 10 years from 2008–2018 and represented Poland in the 2016 Euro’s and the 2018 World Cup.

Career history[]

Club career[]

Peszko began his career in the youth ranks of Nafta Jedlicze before moving to Orlen Płock. Here, he made his professional debut on 28 August 2002 as a substitute in a Polish Cup tie against Jagiellonka Nieszawa. He made his league debut later on during the 2002–03 season and during the following campaign became a regular starter.

With Wisła Płock, he won both the Polish Cup and Supercup in 2006 and also featured for them in the qualifying rounds of that season's UEFA Cup competition. However, Płock were relegated in 2007 and Peszko remained with them for their I Liga campaign, during which he scored 16 goals in 26 appearances.

Peszko playing for Lech Poznań in 2010

In June 2008 he returned to the top flight when he signed for Lech Poznań after his contract with Płock expired. His first season ended with him winning the Polish Cup for a second time, after he netted the only goal of the final against Ruch Chorzów. In his second season Peszko finished as the leading assist-maker in the league (with 14 assists), alongside his eight goals which helped the club win the league title.

Peszko moved to the Bundesliga in January 2011, initially signing for 1. FC Köln until the end of the season. He underwent a medical before joining the club, where it was discovered he has four kidneys.[3] His contract was extended during the season, but his first full campaign with the club proved a troubled one as the club were relegated. Shortly before the end of the season, Peszko was arrested for drunken behaviour in a taxi, which earned him a €25,000 fine and saw him expelled from the Köln squad for their next fixture.

On 9 August 2012, Peszko joined English side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season long loan deal. Here, he reunited with his former Köln manager Ståle Solbakken.[4] In October 2012, he suffered a torn medial ligament that kept him out of action for three months.[5] His first game back after the injury was a 1–0 loss against Luton Town in the FA Cup as a substitute in the 66th minute. Two hours after the defeat, Ståle Solbakken was sacked and then Peszko was deemed surplus to requirements by Dean Saunders. The season ended with Wolves getting relegated to League One and Peszko returning to Cologne.

On 31 July 2013, it was announced that 1. FC Köln had sold Peszko to the Italian club Parma, and loaned him back until the end of the 2013–14 season.[6] After the season they got him back permanently.[7]

He joined Lechia Gdańsk in 2015, where he won the 2019 Cup and SuperCup the same year. After a final season where he made 18 appearances and scored 3 goals, in 2020 he terminated his contract due to unpaid wages.[8]

He joined amateur club on a professional contract Wieczysta Kraków on 15 June 2020.[9]

International career[]

Peszko made his international debut for the Polish national team on 19 November 2008 in a 3–2 friendly win against the Republic of Ireland. He scored his first goal for Poland on 17 January 2010 in a 1–3 loss to Denmark.

In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 1 June 2018[11]
Club Season League Domestic League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wisła Płock 2002–03[12] Ekstraklasa 4 0 4 0 – 8 0
2003–04[13] 20 1 – – 20 1
2004–05[14] 20 2 6 0 – 26 2
2005–06[15] 21 1 9 2 2 0 32 3
2006–07[16] 21 2 9 4 – 30 6
2007–08[17] I liga 26 16 1 0 – 27 16
Total 112 22 29 6 2 0 143 28
Lech Poznań 2008–09[18] Ekstraklasa 25 0 7 2 10 3 42 5
2009–10[19] 28 8 2 0 2 2 32 10
2010–11[20] 15 3 2 1 10 2 27 6
Total 68 11 11 3 22 7 101 21
1. FC Köln 2010–11 Bundesliga 11 0 0 0 – 11 0
2011–12 32 2 2 0 – 34 2
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 24 3 2 0 – 26 3
2014–15 Bundesliga 18 0 1 0 – 19 0
Total 85 5 5 0 – 90 5
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2012–13 Championship 13 0 3 0 – 16 0
Lechia Gdańsk 2015–16[21] Ekstraklasa 27 2 1 0 – 28 2
2016–17[22] 29 3 0 0 – 29 3
2017–18[23] 25 4 1 0 – 26 4
Total 81 9 2 0 – 83 9
Career total 359 47 50 9 24 7 433 63

International[]

As of 28 June 2018[24]
Poland
Year Apps Goals
2008 1 0
2009 6 0
2010 9 1
2011 8 0
2012 1 0
2013 2 0
2014 2 0
2015 6 1
2016 7 0
2017 1 0
2018 1 0
Total 44 2

International goals[]

Score and Result show Poland's goal tally first.

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 17 January 2010 80th Birthday Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand  Denmark
1–1
1–3
 2010 King's Cup
2. 29 March 2015 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland
1–0
1–1
 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours[]

Wisła Płock[]

Lech Poznań[]

Lechia Gdańsk[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Euro 2016 - 24 things you didn't know about the teams". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Wolves sign Cologne's Poland winger Slawomir Peszko on loan". BBC Sport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Wolves' Slawomir Peszko adds to injury list". BBC Sport. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Peszko wechselt auf Leihbasis nach Köln" [Peszko transfers on loan to Cologne] (in German). DFL. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Peszko bleibt beim 1. FC Köln" [Peszko stays at 1. FC Köln] (in German). DFL. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Sławomir Peszko rozwiązał kontrakt z Lechią".
  9. ^ "Sławomir Peszko w Wieczystej".
  10. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  11. ^ "Peszko, Slawomir" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Sezon 2002/03". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Sezon 2003/04". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Sezon 2004/05". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Sezon 2005/06". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Sezon 2006/07". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Sezon 2007/08". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Sezon 2008/09". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Sezon 2009/10". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Sezon 2010/11". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Sezon 2015/16". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Sezon 2016/17". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Sezon 2017/18". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Sławomir Peszko". European Football. 14 July 2018.

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