Jerzy Brzęczek


Jerzy Józef Brzęczek is a former Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the current head coach of the Poland national football team.
In a professional career which spanned nearly 20 years and brought 42 caps with the Poland national team, Brzęczek played for clubs in Poland, Austria and Israel.

Football career

Club

During his career, Brzęczek played for Raków Częstochowa, Olimpia Poznań, Lech Poznań, Górnik Zabrze, GKS Katowice, Tirol Innsbruck, LASK Linz, Maccabi Haifa, Sturm Graz, FC Kärnten and Polonia Bytom, retiring in 2009 at age 38.
Brzęczek picked up championship medals in both Poland and Austria.

National team

With 42 international caps to his credit, Brzęczek also represented the national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning silver. He became Poland manager in 2018. As coach of Poland, the team didn't have an impressive performance in 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A, with the team got relegated with two losses and two draws. Poland's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying has been quite more impressive, with the team managed to win four opening matches without conceding a goal. However, with the team later got a humiliating defeat to Slovenia and a home draw to Austria, he faced heavy pressure on demanding him to quit. Despite this, he managed Poland to be back on track with two final wins over Latvia and North Macedonia, eventually qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020.

Personal

Brzęczek's nephew is a footballer, winger Jakub Błaszczykowski, who has most notably represented Wisła Kraków, Borussia Dortmund and VFL Wolfsburg. His sister was the mother of Jakub Błaszczykowski, who was killed in a murder by her husband which caused family separation.

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