Seweryn Gancarczyk

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Seweryn Gancarczyk
Seweryn Gancarczyk
Personal information
Full name Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk
Date of birth October 11, 1981 (1981-22-11) (age 26)
Place of birth    Dębica, Poland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Metalist Kharkiv
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1999-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2005
2006-		 Podkarpacie Pustynia
Hetman Zamość
Arsenal Kyiv
Volyn Lutsk
Arsenal Kyiv
Metalist Kharkiv

1 (0)
19 (0)
17 (1)
34 (4)   
National team2
2006- Poland 3 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 4, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of September 23, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Seweryn Gancarczyk (born on November 22, 1981 in Dębica, Poland) is a professional Polish football player for Metalist Kharkiv who plays as a left sided defender.

[edit] Career

Gancarczyk started to play footbal in his early teens, and after progressig through all junior teams he made his way to a second division club Podkarpacie Pustynia, after several seasons there and after a short spel at first Polish division club Hetman Zamość, Gancarczyk made his way to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, where he joined local Arsenal Kyiv. Having also briefly performed for west Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk, Gancarczyk was transferred to Metalist Kharkiv, where he has remained since, and has reached a position of vice-captain at the club. [1]

Debuting for his country in 2006 in a 0:1 loss against Lithuania, the defender was named to the 23-men Poland's 2006 World Cup squad for the Cup finals in Germany.

In 2007 he was voted the best left-back in Ukraine.[2]

During the winter of 2008 Gancarczyk had a tryout with Scotish giants Celtic FC, however due to an injury, he was unable to compete and so returned to Metalist.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Source: Metalist Kharkiv Official Website (English)
  2. ^ Source: Evening Times (English)

[edit] External links

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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
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