Marcin Baszczyński

Personal information
Marcin Baszczyński

Full name	Marcin Baszczyński
Date of birth	June 7, 1977
Place of birth	Ruda Śląska, Poland
Height	182 cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Wisła Kraków
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995-2000 2000-	Pogoń Ruda Śląska Ruch Chorzów Wisła Kraków	124 (2) 156 (8)
National team²
2000-	Poland	35 (1)
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 June 20, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Marcin Baszczyński (born June 7, 1977 in Ruda Śląska) is a Polish footballer who plays for Wisła Kraków, with whom he won the Polish League Championship in 2000/01, 2002/03, 2003/04 and 2004/05, and for the Poland national football team.

He started to gain recognition after moving to Ruch Chorzów in 1995/96, playing his first game in July 1996.

Baszczyński has appeared 35 times for Poland, scoring once.

On January 22, 2006, West Ham United manager Alan Pardew took Baszczyński on trial with the hope of signing him permanently from Wisła Kraków for £1.5 million.

He was selected to the 23-men national squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals held in Germany.

	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