Marcin Wasilewski (soccer player)
Marcin Wasilewski | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | June 9, 1980 | |
place of birth | Krakow , Poland | |
size | 186 cm | |
position | defender | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
Hutnik Krakow | ||
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2000-2002 | Śląsk Wrocław | 51 | (5)
2002-2005 | Wisla Plock | 55 | (2)
2005-2006 | Amica Wronki | 24 | (4)
2006 | Lech poses | 14 | (5)
2007-2013 | RSC Anderlecht | 125 (19) |
2013-2017 | Leicester City | 61 | (1)
2017– | Wisła Krakow | 57 | (1)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
2000-2001 | Poland U-21 | 13 | (0)
2002-2013 | Poland | 60 | (2)
1 Only league games are given. As of November 21, 2017 |
Marcin Wasilewski (born June 9, 1980 in Krakow , Poland ) is a Polish football player .
career
Club career
Wasilewski (nicknamed "Robocop" because of his tough style of play) began his career at Hutnik Krakow . In 2000 he moved to Śląsk Wrocław , who at that time had been promoted to the Ekstraklasa . After relegation from the first division in 2002, he moved to league rivals Wisła Płock .
After the team had achieved the best result in the club's history with fourth place in 2005, Wasilewski signed with Amica Wronki . After the club merged with Lech Posen in 2006 , he stayed with the merged club for half a year before moving to the first division at RSC Anderlecht in Belgium for 800,000 euros during the winter break .
In the league game between RSC Anderlecht and Standard Liège on August 30, 2009 Wasilewski was fouled by his opponent Axel Witsel and suffered a double open leg fracture. The foul drew considerable criticism; Among other things, death threats were made against Witsel.
On November 27, 2010 he made his comeback against RSC Charleroi when he came on for Jan Polák . In the following game against SV Zulte Waregem he scored a goal. His contract was then extended to 2013. For the 2013/14 season Marcin Wasilewski moved to the English second division team Leicester City and signed a one-year contract. After the end of the 2014/15 season Wasilewski extended his contract by one year until summer 2016. His contract ultimately expired in summer 2017 and was not extended. In November 2017 Marcin Wasilewski returned to Poland and signed a contract with the traditional Polish club Wisła Krakow until the end of the 2017/2018 season . He made his debut for Wisła Krakow in the Ekstraklasa on November 27, 2017 .
National team
Wasilewski made his debut in the Polish national team on November 20, 2002 in the game against Denmark . On December 6, 2006, he scored his first goal in a 5-2 win against the United Arab Emirates for a 1-0 lead. Wasilewski was in the squad of the Polish national team at both the European Championship 2008 and the European Championship 2012 . He has not been invited to international matches since the end of 2013.
Private
Wasilewski's brother Paweł is also a professional footballer and played for Polish second division club Kmita Zabierzów and Stal Stalowa Wola , among others .
successes
- 4 × Belgian champion ( 2006/07 , 2009/10 , 2011/12 and 2012/13 )
- 1 × Belgian cup winner (2007/08)
- 2 × Belgian Supercup winner (2010 and 2012)
- 2 × European Championship participation ( 2008 and 2012 )
- 1 × promotion to the Premier League ( 2013/14 )
- 1 × English Champion ( 2016 )
Web links
- Marcin Wasilewski in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
- Marcin Wasilewski in the 90minut.pl database (Polish)
- Player profile with photo at goalgate.de
- Marcin Wasilewski in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shocking foul: Anderlecht defender seriously injured
- ↑ Performance data 2010/11
- ↑ "I doubted the comeback"
- ↑ Marcin Wasilewski w lidze angielskiej! , do: szybki.pl, 18. Wrzesień 2013
- ↑ Leicester City sign Poland defender Marcin Wasilewski , BBC Sport, 18th August 2013
- ↑ Wasilewski strengthens Leicester ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: transfermarkt.de, from August 18, 2013
- ↑ Wasilewski extended until 2016 at Leicester , in: transfermarkt.de, from June 4, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wasilewski, Marcin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow , Poland |