Grzegorz Szamotulski

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Grzegorz Szamotulski
Full name	Grzegorz Szamotulski
Date of birth	13 May 1976 (1976-05-13) (age 32)
Place of birth	Gdańsk, Poland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–2000 2000–2001 2001 2001–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008	Lechia Gdańsk Hutnik Warszawa Polonia Warszawa Legia Warszawa PAOK Śląsk Wrocław Amica Wronki Admira Wacker Mödling Sturm Graz Dundee United Preston North End	103 (0) 014 (0) 008 (0) 076 (0) 035 (0) 057 (0) 018 (0) 000 (0)
National team²
1996–2003	Poland	013 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Grzegorz Szamotulski (pron. IPA: [ˈgʐɛgɔʂ ʂamɔˈtulski] Shamotulski, born 13 May 1976 in Gdańsk), is a Polish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Szamotulski was recently with English club Preston North End but left in April 2008.

1 Career
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

He started his career with Lechia Gdansk before making over 100 appearances for Legia Warsaw. Grzegorz then went on to play for Slask Wroclaw, Amica Wronki, Admira Wacker Mödling and Sturm Graz. Grzegorz was then brought to Dundee United on a six-month short term contract to cover for the absence of his countryman Łukasz Załuska, who had picked up a serious injury.^[1] He made his debut in a friendly against Barcelona on 26/07/07. He has been nicknamed "The Monk" by Dundee United fans due to his resemblance to the character from the film Mean Machine.^[2]

Craig Levein admitted that Szamotulski would be leaving the club at the end of his six month contract, as he had rejected a contract offered by Dundee United. Hearts and Celtic were among the favourites to capture his signature.^[3]

Plymouth Argyle, Rangers and Cardiff City^[4] were some of the other clubs to be linked with a move for him but Szamotulski signed a six-month deal with Preston North End on 6 February 2008.^[5] Two months later, and without making an appearance, Szamotulski left Deepdale by "mutual consent".^[6]