Mariusz Lewandowski

Mariusz Lewandowski [ mar ʲ uʃ lɛvandɔfsci ] ( born May 18, 1979 in Legnica ) is a Polish footballer.

  • 2.1 Achievements in the club
  • 2.2 Achievements in the national
  • 2.3 Other Achievements

Career

Association

Mariusz Lewandowski began with nine years to play football. He played for the youth team of Zaglebie Lubin, where his father was the youth team and coach was. Mirosław coach Dragan called him with 18 years in the professional squad Zaglebie Lubin. On March 15, 1997, he debuted in the Ekstraklasa, when he came on in the 46th minute for Paweł Piotrowski. This remained the only game for Lewandowski in the season 1996 / 97th He played until 2000 Zaglebie Lubin. In three and a half years, he played 36 times for Zaglebie Lubin and stick to it without scoring.

During the winter break in 2000 Lewandowski moved to competitors Dyskobolia Grodzisk and debuted on March 5, 2000, compared Pogoń Szczecin. A week later he was sent off for the first time. A next season he scored his first goal in the Ekstraklasa; he met on November 11, 2000 game against Slask Wrocław, which ended 1-1. During the season, he always stood in the starting lineup and played every game through.

In summer 2001, Lewandowski moved to the Ukraine to Shakhtar Donetsk. He was the first Polish player who played in the Ukrainian league. In Donetsk he got the shirt number 18 and made his first game on July 20, 2001. On May 12, 2002 game against Illitschiwez Mariupol he scored his first goal. In the 2001 / 02 season, Lewandowski was the first time Ukrainian champion and cup winner with his club. In the cup final played Lewandowski full 120 minutes; Shakhtar Donetsk won against Dynamo Kiev 3-2. In the autumn of 2002 he made his debut in the UEFA Champions League, but only as a reservist. This season he became vice champion and vice Cup winner.

May 30, 2004 Lewandowski won the second time the Ukrainian Cup and lost with Donetsk two months later the final of the Ukrainian Super Cup against Dynamo Kiev 5:6 nE In the season 2004/ 05 he played again with Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Champions League and, after three years without a title again Ukrainian champions.

During the 2008/09 season he played in the starting lineup and finished the season runner-up. He won on 20 May 2009 the UEFA Cup against Werder Bremen (2:1) and was played by the entire 120 minutes.

In summer 2010, Lewandowski signed a three year contract with the second division PFK Sevastopol. In the same season he went with his team in the first division and a season later again. In the 2012/13 season he was with his club champion of the second division and rose again. There he played three years bestreitt 81 games and scored 14 goals. Since 27 November 2013, is out of contract.

National

Lewandowski played from 2000 to 2001 for the Polish U -21, for which he played 18 games and scored two goals. The Polish coach Jerzy Engel put him on February 10, 2002 game against the Faroe Islands national football team for the first time in the A- team one. Only after the 2002 World Cup, he was nominated again by new coach Zbigniew Boniek and he played four games in the qualifications for Euro 2004.

Lewandowski scored his first goal on 16 November 2005 against Estonia, Poland won the game 3-1.

He took part in the qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup and was named in the squad for the tournament. He played in the first game of the World Cup against Ecuador. Poland resigned as third in the group of the tournament. After the failed World Cup Leo Beenhakker took over the Polish national football team. After the successful qualification for Euro 2008 Lewandowski was nominated for the tournament in Austria and Switzerland. Poland retired in the first round of the group last.

After a four year hiatus Lewandowski was recalled to the national squad on 27 September 2013 coach Waldemar Fornalik.

Achievements

Successes in the club

  • Ukrainian Champion: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
  • Ukrainian Vice Champion: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009
  • Ukrainian Cup winners: 2002, 2004, 2008
  • Ukrainian Cup finalist: 2003, 2007, 2009
  • Ukrainian Super Cup winner: 2005, 2008
  • Ukrainian Supercup Finalist: 2004, 2006, 2007
  • UEFA Cup Winners: 2009
  • Uhrencup winner: 2009
  • Channel One Cup Winner: 2006, 2008

Successes in the national

  • Participation in the FIFA World Cup 2006
  • Participation in the 2008 UEFA European Championship

Other successes

  • Award for the most courageous players in Ukraine, 3 class: 2009
  • Polish Footballer of the Year: 2009

Private

Lewandowski married in 2002 and has two sons with his wife Marta ( born 2005 and 2008 ).

He completed an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic and broke a subsequent school career in the economic field because of his football career from. He is fluent in Polish, Ukrainian and Russian.

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