Arkadiusz Onyszko

Arek Onyszko
Personal information
Full name Arkadiusz Onyszko
Date of birth (1974-01-12) 12 January 1974
Place of birth Lublin, Poland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1989–1990 KS Lublinianka
1990–1993 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 12 (0)
1993–1994 Legia Warsaw 0 (0)
1993–1994 → Polonia Warsaw (loan) 13 (0)
1994–1996 Warta Poznań 25 (0)
1996–1997 Lech Poznań 31 (0)
1997–1998 Widzew Łódź 30 (0)
1998–2003 Viborg 173 (0)
2003–2009 OB 177 (0)
2009 Midtjylland 13 (0)
2010 Odra Wodzisław 13 (0)
2010–2011 Polonia Warsaw 0 (0)
National team‡
1997 Poland 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2010.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2010

Arkadiusz "Arek" Onyszko (born 12 January 1974 in Lublin) is a Polish goalkeeper.

Career

He began his career in 1989 with KS Lublinianka. In 1998 he moved to Viborg FF from Widzew Łódź and established himself as Viborg's number one goalkeeper. In 2003 he transferred to Odense Boldklub, where he spent the next six years as OB's first choice goalkeeper. Between 1998 and 2009 he played 363 games in the Danish Superliga, which makes him the 5th most capped player and the most capped foreigner.

After a turbulent time in Denmark, Onyszko returned to Poland and on 13 January 2010 signed a short-term contract with Odra Wodzislaw.[1] The club came last in the league this season and were relegated, but Onyszko's displays were impressive enough to earn him a 2-year contract with Polonia Warsaw, which he signed in May 2010.[2] However, in June 2010 Onyszko was diagnosed with a kidney failure, and as of late 2010 his career is on hold while he is awaiting a transplant.

International career

He was a member of the Polish national team, that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Controversies

In June 2009, Onyszko was convicted on charges of assaulting his former wife and sentenced to three months imprisonment, of which two months would be suspended. His club fired him the very same day.[3]

A few days later he signed a contract with Danish club FC Midtjylland. - He was fired on 2 November for issuing a book containing verbal attacks on homosexuals and female sport reporters.[4]

In his native Poland he was criticised for his anti-gay statements and sparkling anti-polish sentiment.[5] His remarks were named as an example of homophobia in sport.[6] His controversies were acknowledged as shameful to Poland and his book a disgrace, being more popular than Nobel Prize–winning Polish literature.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Onyszko har skrevet under
  2. ↑ Onyszko podpisał kontrakt z Polonią Warszawa
  3. ↑ Danish union denies currently helping controversial keeper. FIFPRO. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Danish club fires footballer for 'I hate gays' comment
  5. ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/03/danish-club-fires-footballer-for-i-hate-gays-comment/
  6. ↑ http://www.innastrona.pl/newsy/5206/zrobmy-cos-z-homo-oraz-transfobia-w-sporcie/
  7. ↑ http://www.rp.pl/artykul/9157,458735.html

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