Waldemar Ksienzyk

Waldemar Ksienzyk ( born November 10, 1963 in Zabrze, Poland ) is a former German football player. He played in the DDR - Oberliga for the first FC Union Berlin and Berliner FC Dynamo. With the BFC, he was four times GDR champion and twice Cup winners. In the Bundesliga, he played for FC Schalke 04 with the GDR national team, he played one match.

Football career

Youth

Ksienzyk grew up in East Berlin and started in 1973 at the age of nine years at EAB 47 Lichtenberg organized to play football. In 1977 he was delegated as a youth player at 1 FC Union Berlin. As a junior player, he was included in the squad of the East German junior national team in 1981 and denied on August 1, 1981 as a right-back at 1:2 against the Soviet Union, his first junior international game. Overall, it was used in eleven junior internationals. He was taken in the junior national Subsequently, with whom he played ten matches.

1 FC Union Berlin

After he had last played with the second team in the third-tier league district of Berlin, the 1.75 m wide Ksienzyk for season 1981/82 has been nominated for the levy of the first men's team, which played at this time in the second-rate DDR -Liga. On October 3, 1981, he arrived there at point EAB game Lichtenberg 47 - 1 FC Union ( 0:6 ) for the first time used. At the end of the season Union had achieved promotion to the DDR - Oberliga, was involved in the Ksienzyk with 13 points and all eight ascent games. In his first premier league season 1982/83 to Ksienzyk won at right-back with 23 of 26 league matches a regular place in the team. With the same number of point games he was able to hold also in the following season, but his team was relegated at the end of the season 1983/84 again from the league.

BFC Dynamo

After the descent moved Ksienzyk who came to prominence as junior national team also hopes for the senior national team, the local rivals and DDR champion the past six years, the giants of the East German security forces BFC Dynamo. Previously, he had completed his apprenticeship at a Berlin forwarding to the vehicle locksmith. At BFC, he took over from the retiring Michael Noack its common position on the right side of defense, which he has asserted a regular player until 1991.

1986 belonged Ksienzyk the squad of the GDR Olympic team, but only played an official match in the qualifiers on December 6, 1986 as a substitute against the amateurs of the Netherlands ( 1-0). Nearly a year later, on September 23, 1987, he came to his hoped-for use in the senior team. Coach Rod tested it in the game DDR countries - Tunisia ( 2-0) to its common position at right-back, but it remained at this a try, since Ksienzyk against Kreer and Schößler could not prevail.

Between 2nd Bundesliga and Bundesliga

When BFC Berlin and FC as the club was called after the political changes of 1989, Ksienzyk played until the end of season 1990 / 91st From 1985 to 1988 he was involved in four league titles as well as the trophy winning 1988 and 1989. When the FC Berlin in 1991 failed to qualify for the professional football, Ksienzyk moved to the 2nd Bundesliga to the West Berlin Club Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, where he continued as a defender completed 15 point games between the 18th and 32nd matchday. When the club was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1992, is Ksienzyk joined the second division side SV Wuppertal, where he played 83 league games in two years. In the summer of 1994, he received an offer from Bundesliga side Schalke 04 and moved to the 1994/95 season in the Bundesliga. There, however, he did not get beyond the status of a replacement player and played in only six point games over the full 90 minutes at most to him unfamiliar positions in midfield and in attack. After he was in 1994/95 still came on 19 missions, he played in 1995/96 only six times in the Bundesliga. In the summer of 1996, the now 32 -year-old returned to the 2nd Bundesliga, where he still 13 point games also completed a season at SV Waldhof Mannheim as a substitute. His career had finally end the evening with SV Babelsberg 03, before he had to finally give up in 1999 after a cruciate ligament injury.

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After playing career

Even as a football player Ksienzyk had acquired the A license as a football coach, but resigned as such is not in the higher-class football in appearance. He settled in Seeburg near Berlin down, took over at the local sports center Havellandhalle the post of head of organization and customer service and was active in the local council.