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Celtic rumours: JVoH, Cox, Fortune and Kamara
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Vital Football - Found Jun. 25, 2009 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has attracted the interest of Greek club Larissa, who are looking for a replacement for former Bhoy Maciej Zurawski. |
Moon inspires Panathinaikos to victory
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SuperSport - Found May. 20, 2009 Larissa squandered several early chances after a promising start, with Moon clearing a shot from Maciej Zurawski off the line. |
Panathinaikos beats Larissa, AEK defeats PAOK
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Hamilton Spectator - Found May. 20, 2009 Larissa squandered several early chances after a promising start, with Moon clearing a shot from Maciej Zurawski off the line. |
'Celtic-minded' job candidates to the fore on early short-list THOSE ...
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The Scotsman - Found May. 25, 2009 INS Artur Boruc (£800,000, Legia Warsaw) Maciej Zurawski (£2.2m, Wisla Krakow) Shunsuke Nakamura (£2.7m, Reggina) Mo Camara (free... |
'Celtic-minded' job candidates to the fore on early short-list
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The Scotsman - Found May. 25, 2009 INS Artur Boruc (£800,000, Legia Warsaw) Maciej Zurawski (£2.2m, Wisla Krakow) Shunsuke Nakamura (£2.7m, Reggina) Mo Camara (free... |
Gordon Strachan spent his last sabbatical conquering a fear of ...
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Glasgow Herald - Found May. 25, 2009 8 2006 Scottish Premier League Celtic romp to the biggest winning margin in SPL history with Maciej Zurawski grabbing four goals and even Neil... |
Gordon Strachan spent his last sabbatical conquering a fear of ...
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Glasgow Herald - Found May. 25, 2009 8 2006 Scottish Premier League Celtic romp to the biggest winning margin in SPL history with Maciej Zurawski grabbing four goals and even Neil... |
Celtic scorn reports that Franciscek Smuda will take over
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The Times - Found May. 18, 2009 ... who is now an agent in Poland, was used by Strachan to smooth the transfer deal that took Maciej Zurawski from Wisla Krakow in 2005, along... |
Crew: Last-place champs
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Columbus Dispatch - Found May. 25, 2009 The Crew, unsuccessful in its bids to acquire proven scorers Brian McBride and Maciej Zurawski in recent years, could use a goal producer... |
Last-place champs
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Columbus Dispatch - Found May. 24, 2009 The Crew, unsuccessful in its bids to acquire proven scorers Brian McBride and Maciej Zurawski in recent years, could use a goal producer... |
Maciej Zurawski Biography
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Maciej Zurawski
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| Maciej Żurawski | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | September 11, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Poznań, Poland | |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker Second striker |
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| Club information | ||
| Current club | Omonia Nicosia | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth career | ||
| 1982-1994 | Warta Poznań | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994-1997 1998-1999 1999-2005 2005-2008 2008-2009 2009- |
Warta Poznań Lech Poznań Wisła Kraków Celtic Larissa Omonia Nicosia |
58 (5) 56 (19) 153 (101) 55 (22) 38 (15) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998- | Poland | 72 (17) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Maciej Żurawski ([ˈmatɕɛj ʐuˈrafski]; born September 12, 1976 in Poznań, Poland) is a striker who currently plays for Omonia Nicosia. His favoured position is second striker. Żurawski has appeared 72 times and scored 17 goals for Poland. He has been considered the best Polish attacker and one of the best Polish national team players. Żurawski has also been elected the best Ekstraklasa player many times.
Maciej Żurawski has scored 120 goals in Polish Ekstraklasa (11th result in history) and has been the top goalscorer twice.12
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Club career
Wisła Kraków
He made his debut for Wisła Kraków in Ekstraklasa on 2 November 1999 in a match against ŁKS Łódź.3 On 4 March 2000 he scored his first goal for Wisla in the Ekstraklasa in a match against Odra Wodzisław.4 He won the Ekstraklasa championship in 2000–01 season with Wisła Kraków.5 In 2001–02 season Maciej Żurawski scored 21 goals in 27 matches and was the Ekstraklasa Top Goalscorer. In 2002–03 season Żurawski played very well in UEFA Cup, where he scored 10 goals in 10 matches, including 7 goals in matches against Parma F.C., FC Schalke 04 and S.S. Lazio.6 When Kamil Kosowski left Wisła Kraków, Maciej Żurawski has been chosen new Wisła Kraków captain. In 2003–04 season Żurawski scored 20 goals in 26 matches and led Wisła Kraków to achieve the Ekstraklasa title. He was the Ekstraklasa Top Goalscorer in 2003–04 season. In 2004-05 he won his fourth Ekstraklasa title with Wisła Kraków. In this season he scored 24 goals in 25 matches for Wisła in Ekstraklasa.7
Celtic
He joined Celtic F.C. from Wisła Kraków in July 2005 and signed a three-year contract. He inherited the number 7 shirt from Juninho (previously with Henrik Larsson), and was nicknamed "Magic" by the fans.
On 19 February 2006, Żurawski scored four goals as Celtic set a new Scottish Premier League record by beating Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 8-1 at East End Park. Żurawski was subsequently voted the SPL player of the month for February.8
After the World Cup, Żurawski suffered a loss of form and was subsequently dropped from the first team. After the signings of Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Scott McDonald, Ben Hutchinson, Chris Killen and Georgios Samaras, Żurawski's time at Celtic was ultimately over.
Larissa
On the deadline day of the 2008 winter transfer window he was signed by the Greek side AEL Larissa for £500,000. He scored a goal in his Greek league debut - Larissa beat AEK Athens F.C. 1-0. Żurawski was Larissa's top scorer for 2008-2009 season with 9 goals.
Omonoia Nicosia
On Tuesday 2nd of June 2009, it was announced that Maciej Zurawski signed for Cypriot League runner-up Omonoia Nicosia
International career
World Cup 2002
Zurawski was selected in the 23-man Polish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals in Korea&Japan. He played in all three games and missed a penalty in the match against USA (won by Poland 3-1).
World Cup 2006
He was selected in the 23-man Polish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. His side finished third in the group and were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing to hosts Germany and a determined Ecuador before defeating Costa Rica. Zurawski did not score in any of the three matches.
Euro 2008
Zurawski was named as Captain in Poland's Euro 2008 squad, starting their first game against Germany on June 8 but later got injured and was substituted at half time. This injury meant that he would miss the rest of the tournament and the captaincy was given to Jacek Bąk and Michał Żewłakow for the second and third group stage matches.
International goals
Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Domestic League | Domestic Cups | European Cups | Other 9 | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Warta Poznań | 1994-1995 | Ekstraklasa | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 1995-1996 | I Liga | 2110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 1 | |||
| 1996-1997 | II Liga | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1997-1998 | I Liga | 16 | 4 | – | – | – | 16 | 4 | ||||
| Lech Poznań | 1997-1998 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 2 | ||
| 1998-1999 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 11 | |||
| 1999-2000 | Ekstraklasa | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 14 | 8 | ||
| Wisła Kraków | 1999-2000 | Ekstraklasa | 20 | 6 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 27 | 8 | ||
| 2000-2001 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | – | 40 | 11 | ||
| 2001-2002 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | – | 43 | 32 | ||
| 2002-2003 | Ekstraklasa | 28 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | – | 45 | 38 | ||
| 2003-2004 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | – | 35 | 25 | ||
| 2004-2005 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | – | 41 | 33 | ||
| Celtic | 2005-2006 | SPL | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 30 | 20 | |
| 2006-2007 | SPL | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | 34 | 10 | ||
| 2007-2008 | SPL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Larissa | 2007-2008 | Super League | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 6 | ||
| 2008-2009 | Super League | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Omonia | 2009-2010 | A Katigoria | – | |||||||||
| Total | Warta Poznań | 58 | 5 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 60 | 5 | |
| Total | Lech Poznań | 56 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 63 | 21 | |
| Total | Wisła Kraków | 153 | 101 | 41 | 24 | 37 | 22 | - | - | 231 | 147 | |
| Total | Celtic | 55 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | - | - | 72 | 30 | |
| Total | Larissa | 38 | 15 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 45 | 15 | |
References
- ^ http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat,77160,wid,8405991,wiadomosc.html
- ^ http://sport.onet.pl/74318,1248685,11621,0,tabela.html
- ^ http://www.90minut.pl/mecz.php?id_mecz=3793
- ^ http://www.90minut.pl/mecz.php?id_mecz=3857
- ^ http://www2.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga28.html
- ^ http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga156.html
- ^ "Maciej Żurawski" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=2542.
- ^ Zurawski is player of the month, BBC Sport.
- ^ Including play-off matches
- ^ Doesn't include this match:
June 9, 1996 Warta Poznań - Górnik Konin 0:1
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maciej Żurawski |
- Maciej Żurawski career stats at Soccerbase
- Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
- National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)
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