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| Full name | Przemysław Tadeusz Kaźmierczak | ||||||||
| Date of birth | May 5, 1982 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Łęczyca, Poland | ||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
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| Current club | Śląsk Wrocław | ||||||||
| Number | 26 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1990–2000 | ŁKS Łódź | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||
| 2000–2003 | Piotrcovia | 26 | (8) | ||||||
| 2002 | → Górnik Łęczna (loan) | ||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Pogoń Szczecin | 72 | (10) | ||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Boavista (loan) | 29 | (5) | ||||||
| 2007–2010 | Porto | 11 | (0) | ||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Derby County (loan) | 22 | (2) | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | → Vitória Setúbal (loan) | 24 | (3) | ||||||
| 2010– | Śląsk Wrocław | 23 | (8) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2005– | Poland | 9 | (1) | ||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Przemysław Tadeusz Kaźmierczak (Polish pronunciation: [pʂɛˈmɨswaf kaʑˈmʲɛrtʂak]; born 5 May 1982 in Łęczyca) is a Polish footballer who plays for Śląsk Wrocław as a midfielder.
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After entering ŁKS Łódź's youth ranks at the age of eight, and spending the following decade there, Kaźmierczak started his professional career in 2000, with lowly Piotrcovia Piotrków Trybunalski, playing at the club three seasons.
In 2003, he moved to Pogoń Szczecin, establishing as an Ekstraklasa player. Kaz would then serve a loan in Portugal, at before a successful loan spell at Boavista FC, during the 2006–07 season, where he hit five league goals, playing alongside compatriot Rafał Grzelak.
After solid overall displays, Boavista neighbours F.C. Porto paid Pogoń around €1.4 million to acquire Kaźmierczak's services. He helped the northerners retain its domestic supremacy, but appeared sparingly (11 league contests, plus 65 minutes in the side's 1–4 loss at Liverpool for the season's UEFA Champions League).
Kaźmierczak's disappointing first season at Porto saw him linked with a move away from the club and, on 21 July 2008, he joined English Football League Championship side Derby County on a season-long loan, with a view to a £1.3m permanent deal. After coming on as a substitute, he scored his first goal for Derby with a clinical finish against Norwich City, in a 3–1 win.[1]
However, the player fell out of favour under new Derby manager Nigel Clough, and finished the season with 22 league appearances, scoring twice. Kaźmierczak later revealed his frustration at being left out of the team at Derby, accusing Clough of "not liking foreign [players]", and that "I have made up my mind – I want to leave. It is all over. I am leaving Derby County".[2] Clough responded to Kaźmierczak's accusations, saying "Is that what he said, is it? I have got no problems with foreign players at all. If they have got the right character and they want to fight tooth and nail for Derby County, we will have players whether they are Chinese, American, Spanish – anyone to help us get three points."[3]
On 14 July 2009, Porto arranged for another loan deal for Kaźmierczak, who joined Vitória de Setúbal on a season-long move.[4] The following year, he was released and returned to his country, signing for Śląsk Wrocław.[5]
Whilst at Piotrcovia Piotrków, Kaźmierczak was called into the Poland U-18 national team, helping it win the 2001 European Championships in Finland.
He eventually forced his way into the first team squad following his successful season at Boavista, scoring once during UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, and helping his country qualify for the final stages in Austria/Switzerland, for which he was not finally picked.
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