Maciej Żurawski
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Maciej Żurawski | |
| birthday | September 12, 1976 | |
| place of birth | Poznan , Poland | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1990-1997 | Warta Poznań | 59 (5) |
| 1997-1999 | Lech Poznań | 56 (19) |
| 1999-2005 | Wisła Kraków | 153 (101) |
| 2005-2008 | Celtic Glasgow | 55 (22) |
| 2008-2009 | AE Larisa | 42 (15) |
| 2009-2010 | Omonia Nicosia | 23 (8) |
| 2010-2011 | Wisła Kraków | 21 (1) |
| 2014-2015 | Poroniec poronin | 32 (21) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| 1998-2008 | Poland | 72 (17) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of December 14, 2017 2 As of June 7, 2009 |
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Maciej "Magic" Stanisław Żurawski [ ˈmatɕej ʒuˈrafsci ] (born September 12, 1976 in Poznan ) is a former Polish football player .
Club career
Striker Maciej Żurawski began his career in the youth department at Warta Poznan and made his debut in the Polish first division in 1994 with the same club. In 1997 he moved to local rivals Lech Posen . He only had his breakthrough when he moved to Wisła Krakow in 1999 . With Krakow he was Polish champion in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 as well as Polish cup winners in 2002 and 2003. In 2002 and 2004 he was the top scorer in the Polish league . From the 2005/06 season he played for Celtic Glasgow , with whom he was twice Scottish champion, twice Scottish cup winners and once Scottish league cup winners. With Celtic he also played in the UEFA Champions League , which he was denied at his previous clubs. In January 2008 he moved to the Greek first division club AE Larisa and completed there in 1.5 years 42 league games in which he scored 15 goals. For the 2009/2010 season Maciej Żurawski moved to Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus . With Omonia he became champions in his first season and even had a significant share with 8 goals in 23 games. At the end of 2010 he moved back to Poland to Wisła Krakow, where he ended his career by winning the Polish Championship. He played a total of 251 games in the Polish Ekstraklasa and scored 121 goals in these. Żurawski returned to the football field in May 2014. He agreed with an acquaintance who is president of the fourth division Poroniec Poronin that he will help out the club in some games. In his debut against Łysica Bodzentyn he was able to score the goal for the 2-0 final score. Despite his 39 years of age, Żurawski played for Poroniec Poronin for 2.5 years and has played a total of 32 league games in which he scored 21 goals.
National team
From 1998 to 2008 Maciej Żurawski completed 72 international matches for Poland , scoring 17 goals. He took part with Poland in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea and in the 2006 World Cup in Germany . He was also in the squad for the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland . He was also the captain of the Polish team in several games.
successes
- 3 × Scottish Champion ( 2006 , 2007 and 2008 with Celtic Glasgow)
- 1 × Scottish Cup Winner (2007 with Celtic Glasgow)
- 1 × Scottish League Cup winner (2006 with Celtic Glasgow)
- 5 × Polish champions (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2011 with Wisła Krakau)
- 2 × Polish Cup winners ( 2002 and 2003 with Wisła Krakau)
- 1 × Polish Supercup winner (2001 with Wisła Krakau)
- 1 × Polish league cup winner (2001 with Wisła Krakau)
- 2 × Polish top scorer (2002 and 2004 for Wisła Krakow)
- 1 × Poland's Footballer of the Year (2002)
- 1 × Cypriot champion (2010 with Omonia Nicosia)
- 2 × World Cup participation ( 2002 and 2006 with Poland)
- 1 × EM participation ( 2008 with Poland)
Web links
- Maciej Żurawski in the 90minut.pl database (Polish)
- Maciej Żurawski in the database of weltfussball.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Żurawski, Maciej |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Żurawski, Magic (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poznan , Poland |