Maciej Żurawski

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Maciej Żurawski
Personal information

Full name	Maciej Żurawski
Date of birth	(1976-09-12) 12 September 1976
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1982–1994	Warta Poznań
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1994–1997	Warta Poznań	59	(5)
1998–1999	Lech Poznań	56	(19)
1999–2005	Wisła Kraków	153	(101)
2005–2008	Celtic	55	(22)
2008–2009	Larissa	38	(15)
2009–2010	Omonia Nicosia	23	(8)
2010–2011	Wisła Kraków	21	(1)
Total		305	(171)
National team
1998–2008	Poland	72	(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Maciej Żurawski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmatɕɛj ʐuˈrafski]; born 12 September 1976 in Poznań, Poland) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker.

Żurawski appeared 72 times and scored 17 goals for Poland, representing them at two World Cups and Euro 2008. He also scored 121 goals in the Polish Ekstraklasa (11th most in history) and was the top league goalscorer twice.^[1]^[2] He also played in Scotland, Greece and Cyprus.

Club career

Wisła Kraków

He made his debut for Wisła Kraków in Ekstraklasa on 2 November 1999 in a match against ŁKS Łódź.^[3] On 4 March 2000 he scored his first goal for Wisla in the Ekstraklasa in a match against Odra Wodzisław.^[4] He won the Ekstraklasa championship in 2000–01 season with Wisła Kraków.^[5] In 2001–02 season, Żurawski scored 21 goals in 27 matches and was the Ekstraklasa Top Goalscorer. In 2002–03 season Żurawski played very well in UEFA Cup, where he scored 10 goals in 10 matches, including 7 goals in matches against Parma F.C., FC Schalke 04 and S.S. Lazio.^[6] When Kamil Kosowski left Wisła Kraków, Żurawski has been chosen new Wisła Kraków captain. In 2003–04 season Żurawski scored 20 goals in 26 matches and led Wisła Kraków to achieve the Ekstraklasa title. He was the Ekstraklasa Top Goalscorer in 2003–04 season. In 2004–05 he won his fourth Ekstraklasa title with Wisła Kraków. In this season he scored 24 goals in 25 matches for Wisła in Ekstraklasa.^[7]

Celtic

Żurawski playing for Celtic

He joined Scottish Premier League side Celtic from Wisła Kraków in July 2005 and signed a three-year contract. He inherited the number 7 shirt from Juninho Paulista (previously with Henrik Larsson), and was nicknamed "Magic Żurawski" by the fans.

On 19 February 2006, Żurawski scored four goals as Celtic set a new SPL record by beating Dunfermline Athletic 8–1 at East End Park. Żurawski was subsequently voted the SPL Player of the Month for February. Zurawski finished Celtic's joint top scorer in the 2005–06 season along with John Hartson with 20 goals each.^[8]

For the 2006–07 season, Celtic signed strikers Kenny Miller and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink as replacements for Hartson and Dion Dublin. Żurawski formed decent strike partnerships with both players. Having made a good start to the season, notching up 10 goals by January 2007, Żurawski then suffered an injury that kept him out for most of the season and scored no further goals during the campaign.

Żurawski with Wisła Kraków

Chris Killen and Scott McDonald were signed before the start of season 2007–08. Żurawski started Celtic's opening day clash with Kilmarnock at Celtic Park, but fell down the pecking order after McDonald returned from suspension and Killen came back from injury. The only other impact Żurawski made during the season was scoring the winning penalty in a Champions League penalty shootout against FC Spartak Moskow. His time at Celtic was ultimately over after the signing of Georgios Samaras.

Larissa

On the deadline day of the 2008 winter transfer window he was signed by the Greek side AEL Larissa for £500,000. He scored a goal in his Greek league debut – Larissa beat AEK Athens F.C. 1–0. Żurawski was Larissa's top scorer for 2008–2009 season with 9 goals.

Omonia Nicosia

On Tuesday 2 June 2009, it was announced that Żurawski had signed for Cypriot League runners-up Omonia Nicosia. He played for Omonia for one year and helped the team to return to titles after five years. He was released on a free in May 2010.

Wisła Kraków

On 30 June 2010, Żurawski returned to Wisła Kraków after five years, on a one year deal. In 2010–11 season he won his fifth Ekstraklasa title with Wisła.

International career

Żurawski in a match against Costa Rica in 2006 FIFA World Cup

World Cup 2002

Zurawski was selected in the 23-man Polish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals in Korea&Japan. He played in all three games and missed a penalty in the match against USA (won by Poland 3–1).

World Cup 2006

He was selected in the 23-man Polish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. His side finished third in the group and were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing to hosts Germany and a determined Ecuador before defeating Costa Rica. Zurawski did not score in any of the three matches.

Euro 2008

Zurawski was named as Captain in Poland's Euro 2008 squad, starting their first game against Germany on June 8 but later got injured and was substituted at half time. This injury meant that he would miss the rest of the tournament and the captaincy was given to Jacek Bąk and Michał Żewłakow for the second and third group stage matches.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 February 2002	Limassol, Cyprus	Faroe Islands	2–1	Win	Friendly
2.	10 February 2002	Limassol, Cyprus	Faroe Islands	2–1	Win	Friendly
3.	18 May 2002	Warsaw, Poland	Estonia	1–0	Win	Friendly
4.	21 August 2002	Szczecin, Poland	Belgium	1–1	Draw	Friendly
5.	16 November 2003	Płock, Poland	Serbia and Montenegro	4–3	Win	Friendly
6.	18 August 2004	Poznań, Poland	Denmark	1–5	Loss	Friendly
7.	4 September 2004	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	3–0	Win	2006 World Cup qualification
8.	8 September 2004	Chorzów, Poland	England	1–2	Loss	2006 World Cup qualification
9.	13 October 2004	Cardiff, Wales	Wales	3–2	Win	2006 World Cup qualification
10.	9 February 2005	Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland	Belarus	1–3	Loss	Friendly
11.	30 March 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Northern Ireland	1–0	Win	2006 World Cup qualification
12.	29 May 2005	Szczecin, Poland	Albania	1–0	Win	Friendly
13.	4 June 2005	Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	3–0	Win	2006 World Cup qualification
14.	3 September 2005	Chorzów, Poland	Austria	3–2	Win	2006 World Cup qualification
15.	7 September 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Wales	1–0	Win	2006 World Cup qualification
16.	28 March 2007	Kielce, Poland	Armenia	1–0	Win	Euro 2008 qualification
17.	27 May 2008	Reutlingen, Germany	Albania	1–0	Win	Friendly

Statistics

Club	Season	League	Domestic League		Domestic Cups		European Cups		Other ^[9]		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Warta Poznań	1994–1995	Ekstraklasa	21	0	0	0	–		–		21	0
	1995–1996	I Liga	22	1	0	0	–		–		22	1
	1996–1997	II Liga			2	0	–		–		2	0
	1997–1998	I Liga	16	4	–		–		–		16	4
Lech Poznań	1997–1998	Ekstraklasa	17	2	1	0	–		–		18	2
	1998–1999	Ekstraklasa	30	11	1	0	–		–		31	11
	1999–2000	Ekstraklasa	9	6	1	0	4	2	–		14	8
Wisła Kraków	1999–2000	Ekstraklasa	20	6	7	2	–		–		27	8
	2000–2001	Ekstraklasa	27	8	7	3	6	0	–		40	11
	2001–2002	Ekstraklasa	27	21	8	7	8	4	–		43	32
	2002–2003	Ekstraklasa	28	22	7	6	10	10	–		45	38
	2003–2004	Ekstraklasa	26	20	1	0	8	5	–		35	25
	2004–2005	Ekstraklasa	25	24	11	6	5	3	–		41	33
Celtic	2005–2006	SPL	24	16	4	4	2	0	–		30	20
	2006–2007	SPL	26	6	3	4	5	0	–		34	10
	2007–2008	SPL	5	0	0	0	3	0	–		8	0
Larissa	2007–2008	Super League	11	6	1	0	–		–		12	6
Larissa	2008–2009	Super League	27	9	2	0	–		4	0	33	9
Omonia	2009–2010	A Katigoria	23	8	4	2	3	2	–		30	12
Wisła Kraków	2010–2011	Ekstraklasa	21	1	3	1	4	1	–		28	3
Total	Warta Poznań		59	5	2	0	–	–	–	–	61	5
Total	Lech Poznań		56	19	3	0	4	2	–	–	63	21
Total	Celtic		55	22	7	8	10	0	–	–	72	30
Total	Larissa		38	15	3	0	–	–	4	0	45	15
Total	Wisła Kraków		174	102	44	25	41	23	–	–	259	150

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 2000-01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2010–11
Polish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
Ekstraklasa Cup: 2000–01
Polish SuperCup: 2001

Celtic FC

Omonia

Cypriot Championship: 2009–10

Individual

Ekstraklasa Top Goalscorer: 2001–02, 2003–04
Polish Footballer of the Year: 2002
Football Oscar "Footballer of the Year": 2002
Ekstraklasa Footballer of the Year: 2001, 2002
Ekstraklasa Striker of the Year: 2003
SPL Player of the Month: February 2006

References

↑ http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat,77160,wid,8405991,wiadomosc.html
↑ http://sport.onet.pl/74318,1248685,11621,0,tabela.html
↑ http://www.90minut.pl/mecz.php?id_mecz=3793
↑ http://www.90minut.pl/mecz.php?id_mecz=3857
↑ http://www2.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga28.html
↑ http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga156.html
↑ "Maciej Żurawski" (in Polish). 90minut.pl.
↑ Zurawski is player of the month, BBC Sport.
↑ Including play-off matches

External links

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Maciej Żurawski career stats at Soccerbase
Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)

Polish Ekstraklasa top scorers

1927: Reyman
1928: Gintel
1929: Nastula
1930: Kossok
1931: Kisieliński
1932: Kryszkiewicz
1933: Woźniak
1934: Wilimowski
1935: Matyas
1936: Peterek / Wilimowski
1937: Woźniak
1938: Peterek
1939: Wilimowski
1948: Kohut
1949: Anioła
1950: Anioła
1951: Anioła
1952: Cieślik
1953: Cieślik
1954: Kempny / Pohl
1955: Hachorek
1956: Kempny
1957: Brychczy
1958: Soporek
1959: Liberda & Pohl
1960: Norkowski
1961: Pohl
1962: Liberda
1962–63: Kielec
1963–64: Brychczy / Gałeczka / Wilim
1964–65: Brychczy
1965–66: Lubański
1966–67: Lubański
1967–68: Lubański
1968–69: Lubański
1969–70: Jarosik
1970–71: Jarosik
1971–72: Szymczak
1972–73: Lato
1973–74: Kapka
1974–75: Lato
1975–76: Kmiecik
1976–77: Mazur
1977–78: Kmiecik
1978–79: Kmiecik
1979–80: Kmiecik
1980–81: Adamczyk
1981–82: Kapica
1982–83: Okoński / Tłokiński
1983–84: Ciołek
1984–85: Iwanicki
1985–86: Zgutczyński
1986–87: Leśniak
1987–88: Dziekanowski
1988–89: Warzycha
1989–90: Juskowiak
1990–91: Dziubiński
1991–92: Podbrożny / Waligóra
1992–93: Podbrożny
1993–94: Burzawa
1994–95: Cygan
1995–96: Koniarek
1996–97: Trzeciak
1997–98: Bąk / Czereszewski / Śrutwa
1998–99: Frankowski
1999–00: Kompała
2000–01: Frankowski
2001–02: Żurawski
2002–03: Svitlica
2003–04: Żurawski
2004–05: Frankowski
2005–06: Piechna
2006–07: Reiss
2007–08: Brożek
2008–09: Brożek / Chinyama
2009–10: Lewandowski
2010-11: Frankowski
2011-12: Rudņevs
2012-13: Demjan

Poland squads

v t e 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 (c) 16 Murawski 17 A. Bąk 18 Krzynówek 19 Żurawski 20 J. Bąk 21 Koźmiński 22 Matysek 23 Sibik Coach: Engel

v t e Poland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Boruc 2 Jop 3 Gancarczyk 4 Baszczyński 5 Kosowski 6 Bąk (c) 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

v t e Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2008

1 Boruc 2 Jop 3 Wawrzyniak 4 Golański 5 Dudka 6 Bąk 7 Smolarek 8 Krzynówek 9 Żurawski 10 Garguła 11 Saganowski 12 Kowalewski 13 Wasilewski 14 Żewłakow 15 Pazdan 16 Piszczek 17 Łobodziński 18 Lewandowski 19 Murawski 20 Guerreiro 21 Zahorski 22 Fabiański 23 Kokoszka Coach: Beenhakker

v t e Polish Footballer of the Year

Sport	1967: Lubański 1968: not held 1969: not held 1970: Lubański 1971: not held 1972: not held 1973: Deyna 1974: Lato

Piłka Nożna	1973: Deyna 1974: Deyna 1975: Maszczyk 1976: Kasperczak 1977: Lato 1978: Boniek 1979: Rudy 1980: not held 1981: Lato 1982: Boniek 1983: Młynarczyk 1984: W. Smolarek 1985: Dziekanowski 1986: W. Smolarek 1987: Iwan 1988: Warzycha 1989: Tarasiewicz 1990: Ziober 1991: Czachowski 1992: Kowalczyk 1993: Leśniak 1994: Kosecki 1995: Pisz 1996: Nowak 1997: Majak 1998: Trzeciak 1999: Zieliński 2000: Dudek 2001: Olisadebe 2002: Żurawski 2003: Krzynówek 2004: Krzynówek 2005: E. Smolarek 2006: E. Smolarek 2007: E. Smolarek 2008: Błaszczykowski 2009: M. Lewandowski 2010: Błaszczykowski 2011: R. Lewandowski 2012: R. Lewandowski

Persondata
Name	Żurawski, Maciej
Alternative names
Short description	Polish footballer
Date of birth	12 September 1976
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Date of death
Place of death

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