Jacek Bąk

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Jacek Bąk
Personal information
Full name	Jacek Bąk
Date of birth	March 24, 1973 (age 34)
Place of birth	Lublin, Poland
Height	194 cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Al Rayyan Club (Qatar)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1992 1992-1995 1995-2001 2001-2005 2005-	Motor Lublin Lech Poznań Olympique Lyon RC Lens Al Rayyan Club	45 (2) 84 (2) 114 (4) 85 (2) 26 (0)
National team2
1993-	Poland	83 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 20, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 12, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Jacek Bąk (born March 24, 1973 in Lublin) is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Al Rayyan Club in Qatar, as well as for the Poland national football team.

He made his footballing debut aged just 16, before moving to the top-division Lech Poznań two years later.

In Bąk's first season with Lech Poznań, he won the Polish Championship title, before catching the eye of the Polish coach, who gave him his first international cap against Cyprus. Bąk was transferred to Olympique Lyon in 1995, but failed to emulate in France what he achieved in Poland, because of sustaining many injuries.

He began to play for RC Lens before moving to the Qatar league. He is currently linked with a move to the New York Red Bulls. Bąk earned caps in the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals held in South Korea and Japan and the 2006 finals in Germany. Bąk has appeared 81 times for Poland, scoring twice.

Recently, Bąk claimed he was offered money to affect the outcome of the European Championships 2008 Qualifying fixture between Belgium and Poland in Belgium's favour.^{[citation needed]}

Jacek Bąk has a wife named Anna and one son also named Jacek.

	Poland squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Dudek | 2 Kłos | 3 Zieliński | 4 Michał Żewłakow | 5 Rząsa | 6 Hajto | 7 Świerczewski | 8 Kucharski | 9 Kryszałowicz | 10 Kałużny | 11 Olisadebe | 12 Majdan | 13 Głowacki | 14 Marcin Żewłakow | 15 Wałdoch | 16 Murawski | 17 A. Bąk | 18 Krzynówek | 19 Żurawski | 20 J. Bąk | 21 Koźmiński | 22 Matysek | 23 Sibik | Coach: Engel

	Poland squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Boruc | 2 Jop | 3 Gancarczyk | 4 Baszczyński | 5 Kosowski | 6 Bąk | 7 Sobolewski | 8 Krzynówek | 9 Żurawski | 10 Szymkowiak | 11 Rasiak | 12 Kuszczak | 13 Mila | 14 Żewłakow | 15 Smolarek | 16 Radomski | 17 Dudka | 18 Lewandowski | 19 Bosacki | 20 Giza | 21 Jeleń | 22 Fabiański | 23 Brożek | Coach: Janas