Daniel Piorkowski

Daniel Piorkowski
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Piorkowski
Date of birth	(1984-01-12) 12 January 1984
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre back / right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2005	Melbourne Knights	26	(0)
2005–2008	Melbourne Victory	30	(0)
2008	Newcastle Jets	7	(0)
2009–2011	Gold Coast United	2	(0)
National team^‡
2002–2003	Australia U-20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Daniel Piorkowski (born 12 January 1984) is an Australian footballer.

Club career

Melbourne Knights

His progress as a footballer was delayed by a knee reconstruction, sustained during his playing days with ex NSL club Melbourne Knights. Daniel also was a member of the Australian Under 20 Side and missed out on a place in the Under-20 World Cup due to a knee reconstruction.^[1]

Melbourne Victory

After signing for Melbourne Victory, Piorkowski made 11 appearances and was signed to a new two-year deal in April 2006.^[2] Piorkowski was an important part of the Victory defence during their premiership winning season in 06/07 along with Adrian Leijer and Rodrigo Vargas. He unfortunately injured his knee during the season and did not feature in the finals series.^[3]^[4] On 13 February 2008 he was tabled a new contract by Victory but remained undecided whether to stay with the club.^[5] On 13 May 2008 he finally decided to pursue his ambitions of playing in Europe.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Newcastle Jets

On 13 September 2008 he signed a short deal after a week-long trial to cover injured defender Shaun Ontong.^[9]^[10]

Gold Coast United

On 20 November 2008 he joined Gold Coast United on a two-year deal.^[11]^[12]

Honours

With Melbourne Victory:

A-League Championship: 2006-2007
A-League Premiership: 2006-2007