Sławomir Peszko

Sławomir Peszko

Peszko playing for Lech Poznań
Personal information
Full nameSławomir Konrad Peszko[1]
Date of birth19 February 1985
Place of birthJasło, Poland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
1. FC Köln
Number17
Youth career
Nafta Jedlicze
Orlen Płock
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2003–2008Wisła Płock112(22)
2008–2011Lech Poznań68(11)
2011–20131. FC Köln43(2)
2012–2013→ Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)11(0)
2013–2014Parma0(0)
2013–2014→ 1. FC Köln (loan)24(3)
2014–1. FC Köln14(0)
National team‡
2008–Poland30(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2015

Sławomir Konrad Peszko ([swaˈvɔmir ˈpɛʂkɔ]; born 19 February 1985) is a Polish international footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for 1. FC Köln in the German Bundesliga.

Peszko won cup and championships in his native Poland with Wisła Płock and Lech Poznań before moving to German football with 1. FC Köln in 2011. After an eighteen-month stay ended in relegation to the second level he departed for England in a loan deal with Wolves in August 2012.

Career

Club career

Peszko began his career in the youth ranks of Nafta Jedlicze before moving to Orlen Płock. Here, he made his professional debut on 28 August 2002 as a substitute in a Polish Cup tie against Jagiellonka Nieszawa. He made his league debut later on during the 2002–03 season and during the following campaign became a regular starter.

With Wisła Płock, he won both the Polish Cup and Supercup in 2006 and also featured for them in the qualifying rounds of that season's UEFA Cup competition. However, Płock were relegated in 2007 and Peszko remained with them for their I Liga campaign, during which he scored 16 goals in 26 appearances.

In June 2008 he returned to the top flight when he signed for Lech Poznań after his contract with Płock expired. His first season ended with him winning the Polish Cup for a second time, after he netted the only goal of the final against Ruch Chorzów. In his second season Peszko finished as the leading assist-maker in the league (with 14 assists), alongside his eight goals which helped the club win the league title.

Peszko moved to the German Bundesliga in January 2011, initially signing for 1. FC Köln until the end of the season. His contract was extended during the season, but his first full campaign with the club proved a troubled one as the club were relegated. Shortly before the end of the season, Peszko was arrested for drunken behaviour in a taxi, which earned him a 25,000 Euro fine and saw him expelled from the Köln squad for their next fixture.

Wolves

On 9 August 2012, Peszko joined English side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season long loan deal. Here, he reunited with his former Köln manager Ståle Solbakken.[2] In October 2012, he suffered a torn medial ligament that kept him out of action for three months.[3] His first game back after the injury was a 1–0 loss against Luton Town in the FA Cup as a substitute in the 66th minute. Two hours after the defeat, Ståle Solbakken was sacked and then deemed surplus to requirements by Dean Saunders. The season ended with Wolves getting relegated to League One and Peszko returning to Cologne.

Return to Cologne

On 31 July 2013, it was announced that 1. FC Köln had sold Peszko to the Italian club Parma, and loaned him back until the end of the 2013–14 season.[4] After the season they got him back permanently.[5]

International career

Peszko made his international debut for the Polish national team on 19 November 2008 in a 3–2 friendly win against the Republic of Ireland. He scored his first, and to date only, goal for Poland on 17 January 2010 in a 1–3 loss to Denmark. Despite playing in numerous preparation games during 2011, he was not selected for the Polish squad when they hosted Euro 2012 due to an alleged infringement of coach Smuda's tough stance on alcohol consumption and fracas with a German taxi driver.

Statistics

Club

As of 13 October 2013[6]
Club Season League Domestic League Domestic Cups Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wisła Płock 2002–03 Ekstraklasa 4040–80
2003–04 201––201
2004–05 20260–262
2005–06 2119220323
2006–07 21294–306
2007–08 I Liga 261610–2716
Total 112 22 29 6 2 0 143 28
Lech Poznań 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 25072103425
2009–10 28820223210
2010–11 15321102276
Total 68 11 11 3 22 7 99 20
1. FC Köln 2010–11 Bundesliga 1100000110
2011–12 3222000342
Total 43 2 2 0 0 0 45 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2012–13 The Championship 110 00
Total 11 0 0 0
1. FC Köln 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 2431000253
Total 24 3 1 0 0 0 6 2
Club career total 248 38 43 9 24 7 315 53

International goals

Score and Result show Poland's goal tally first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 17 January 2010 80th Birthday Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand  Denmark
1–1
1–3
Friendly
2. 29 March 2015 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland
1–0
1–1
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Wisła Płock
Lech Poznań

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wolves sign Cologne's Poland winger Slawomir Peszko on loan". BBC Sport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Wolves' Slawomir Peszko adds to injury list". BBC Sport. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Peszko wechselt auf Leihbasis nach Köln" [Peszko transfers on loan to Cologne] (in German). DFL. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Peszko bleibt beim 1. FC Köln" [Peszko stays at 1. FC Köln] (in German). DFL. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Peszko, Slawomir" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

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