Jacek Krzynówek

Jacek Krzynówek [ jatsɛk kʃɨnuvɛk ] ( born May 15, 1976 in Kamieńsk, Poland ) is a former Polish football player.

One of the special qualities of the midfielder, who was mostly used on the left wing, were among his speed and a very good kicking technique, which made him, in combination with its firepower to a specialist for long-range shots and free kicks.

Career

Clubs

He began his career at the Polish clubs LZS Chrzanowice, RKS Radomsko, Rakow Czestochowa GKS Belchatow and. From the latter club signed him the then second division side FC Nürnberg 1 for the 1999/2000 season for a rental fee of 200,000 D-Mark. He immediately became a regular player and one of the best second division players. At the rise of the 1st FC Nuremberg in the Bundesliga 2000/ 01 he was heavily involved. Therefore, it was surprising that he lost his place to Lars Müller at the beginning of the 2001/02 season. Only at the end of the first round he was once again the starting XI. In preparing for the 2002/03 season he suffered a torn ACL, so he missed the entire season so far. In the second round he again played very well, but could not prevent the descent of the 1st FC Nuremberg. This was Krzynówek from financial reasons. With Bayer 04 Leverkusen was found a new employer, however, was only prepared himself for a financial bottleneck to undertake Krzynówek for season 2004/ 05. He played one more year for the Nuremberg club in the Bundesliga 2 and contributed with his twelve goals in the season 2003/ 04 for immediate resurgence in.

From 2004, he played as agreed in Leverkusen. There, he established initially seamlessly to its good performance. Also in the UEFA Champions League, he showed his skills and was in a 3-0 win Leverkusen on 15 September 2004 against Real Madrid with a goal and an assist one of the best players. In the season 2005/ 06 but was affected by a lengthy knee injury, only rarely taken into account and therefore changed for the 2006/07 season to VfL Wolfsburg. There he coached again under Klaus Augenthaler, with whom he had worked in Nuremberg and Leverkusen temporarily, until its change in 2007.

On 2 February 2009 Krzynowek was 96 committed after the departure of Szabolcs Huszti of Hannover as a new midfielder. In his second game by a direct free-kick he scored his first goal for Hannover 96

After the expiry of his contract media reported end of his career, but he has denied.

15 August 2011 Krzynowek announced the end of his playing career.

National

He completed 96 games for the Polish national team, in which he scored 15 goals, and took with her at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the 2006 World Cup in Germany and the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland. With two World Championships (2002 and 2006), he completed all three group games.

Awards

In the years 2003 and 2004 Jacek Krzynówek was elected in Poland Footballer of the Year.