Dawid Banaczek
 Banaczek in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Gdynia, Poland | ||
| Height | 186 | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder/ Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Football Pro Academy (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1996 | Lechia Gdansk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1999 | Lechia Gdansk | ||
| 1999–2001 | FC Bayern München | 46 | (6) |
| 2001 | IFK Norrköping | 8 | (2) |
| 2002 | RKS Radomsko | 12 | (2) |
| 2002-2003 | IFK Norrköping | 25 | (2) |
| 2003 | Widzew Lodz | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | FC Vaduz | 9 | (3) |
| 2004 | Ethnikos Asteras | 9 | (1) |
| 2005 | Amica Wronki | 5 | (2) |
| 2005-2007 | Zaglebie Lubin | 18 | (2) |
| 2007 | Sigma Olomouc | 4 | (1) |
| 2008 | Viktoria Köln | 16 | (4) |
| 2008-2010 | Kaszubia Koscierzyna | 52 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 1996-2000 | Poland U16-U21 | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2013 | Lechia Gdansk U9 | ||
| 2013-2014 | Kaszubia Koscierzyna | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Dawid Banaczek (born 3 June 1979) is a Polish former footballer who played as a attacking midfielder or forward and current a football coach.
Early life
Dawid was born in Gdynia and grew up in Gdansk (both being parts of Tricity urban area in Poland). Dawid's father Ryszard was a well-known rugby Polish national team player and than a rugby coach in Lechia Gdansk, while his mother Barbara was a volleyball player. Dawid is the eldest of two boys.
Early career
Banaczek made his first appearance for Lechia Gdansk where he began his trainings in 1987. As a teenager, Banaczek represented Poland U16 to U21. In 1995 he participated in the U16 European Championships, held in Belgium.
Playing career
He had played in the Lechia senior team for 3 seasons. In 1999, Udo Bassemir coach of the famous club Bayern Munich arrived to Gdańsk for a match between Lechia Gdansk and Aluminium Konin. Banaczek’s talent gained the favour of Udo Bassemir, the coach of Bayern II Munich. The young footballer signed a 2-year contract, joining the wide cadre of the Munich club. In the new club, Dawid played for two seasons in the amateur team, side by side with such players as David Jarolim, Owen Hargraves or Stefan Wessels.
FC Bayern München.
This is one of the best periods of the player’s career. Under supervision of Ottmar Hitzfeld himself, and alongside such world class football stars as Stefan Effenberg, Giovane Elber, Lothar Matthäus, and Oliver Kahn, he had an opportunity to improve his football abilities.
IFK Norrköping.
In 2001, he had signed a contract with the Swedish club IFK Norrköping in which he debuted in Allsvenskan. Between 2001 and 2003, Banaczek (with a short, 3-month interval in RKS Radomsko), played continuously in the IFK as a player of the basic team.
Amica Wronki.
In Wronki, under supervision of an excellent coach Maciej Skorża, he spent one round as a substitute for such Polish football stars as Paweł Kryszałowicz or Jacek Dembiński. Nevertheless, he was noticed by the officials of Zaglebie Lubin, who acquired Banaczek from the new season.
Zaglebie Lubin.
In the Polish league, he enjoyed his greatest successes as a player in Zaglebie Lubin, with which, in the 2006/2007 season, he reached for the championship of Poland, and in the previous year, in season 2005/2006, he won a bronze medal of the Polish Ekstraklasa. Beside Zaglebie and Amica Wronki, Banaczek played in two more teams of the Ekstraklasa: RKS Radomsko and Widzew Łodz.
Sigma Olomouc.
The last high-level stop on his football way was the Czech team Sigma Olomouc.
National Team
He was repeatedly a member of Polish youth national teams, from U15 to U21. In 1995, under coach Andrzej Zamilski, he participated in the European U16 Championship in Belgium.
Managerial career
Lechia Gdansk
In 2012, Dawid Banaczek started cooperation with Lechia Gdańsk, where he led the team of the Lechia Gdańsk Football Academy U9.
Kaszubia Koscierzyna
On 1 July 2013, Banaczek assumed the position of the head coach of the Kaszubia Koscierzyna team. The contract with the coach has been concluded for one year.
Personal life
Dawid is married to Anna Iga. Together they have a daughter Laura, who is a artistic gymnast in SGA Gdynia.
In 2011, Dawid Banaczek has established the Football Pro Academy. The principal goal of the academy, to be achieved within several years, is searching for talents and children with passion and enthusiasm to practice this sport, and subsequently, beginning of trainings on a more advanced level.
Banaczek speaks English and German.
Honours
As a player
Zaglebie Lubin
- Polish championship: 2006-2007.
- Third place: 2005-2006.
- Polish Cup Finalist: 2005-2006.
- Participation in the UEFA Cup: 2006-2007
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dawid Banaczek. |
- Dawid Banaczek at 90minut.pl (Polish)
- Akademia piłkarska Football Pro Academy