Wojciech Kowalewski

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Wojciech Kowalewski
Personal information
Full name	Wojciech Kowalewski
Date of birth	September 11, 1977
Place of birth	Białystok, Poland
Height	1.89 m
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Spartak Moscow
Number	30
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1997-2000 2001 2001 2002-2003 2003-present	Legia Warszawa Groclin Grodzisk Legia Warszawa Shakhtar Donetsk Spartak Moscow	1 (0) 15 (0) 16 (0) 19 (0) 67 (0)
National team**
2002–present	Poland	9 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of November 11, 2006.

Wojciech Kowalewski (born May 11, 1977 in Białystok) is a Polish goalkeeper currently playing for Spartak Moscow.

[edit] Club career

Kowalewski made his top-flight debut with Legia Warszawa during the 1997/98 season, but it was not until 2001/02, after a loan spell with second division side Groclin Grodzisk, that he finally established himself with Legia. Midway through the season he moved to FC Shakhtar Donetsk and only conceded once in nine league games as Shakhtar stormed to the Ukrainian title for the first time. A 5-1 UEFA Cup defeat by FK Austria Wien the following season cost Kowalewski his place and led to a loan move to FC Spartak Moscow in the summer of 2003. On his August debut he promptly let in three goals in an unconvincing performance in a derby defeat at FC Dinamo Moskva. But Kowalewski has gone from strength to strength since then, making his move permanent that November and missing only three league games during the subsequent four seasons and being appointed vice-captain.

[edit] International career

Kowalewski made his Poland debut in February 2002, but made only a handful of appearances before being recalled to the side at the start of UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

[edit] Trivia

• Kowalewski has a reputation of being an excellent penalty-saver, once breaking FC Torpedo Moskva's Vladimir Leonchenko's streak of 13 successful spot-kicks.

FC Spartak Moscow - Current Squad
1 Khomich | 2 Géder | 3 Stranzl | 5 Iensci | 7 Boyarintsev | 9 Titov | 10 Pavlyuchenko | 11 Pavlenko | 13 Jiránek | 14 Torbinsky | 15 Kováč | 17 C. Rodriguez | 18 Pjanovic | 19 Cavenaghi | 21 Owusu-Abeyie | 23 Bystrov | 24 Mozart | 25 Kalynychenko | 27 Covalciuc | 30 Kowalewski | 32 Bazhenov | 35 Kabanov | 39 Rebko | 46 Zuev | 49 Shishkin