Arkadiusz Glowacki
Encyclopedia
Arkadiusz Głowacki (born 13 March 1979 in Poznań
) is a Polish
footballer
who currently plays for Trabzonspor
.
. In 2000 he moved to Wisła Kraków. In 2005 Głowacki was chosen as the new Wisła Kraków captain. In 2009 he was chosen the best defender
in Poland by Ekstraklasa players.
On 15 June 2010, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish
club Trabzonspor
. Głowacki made his debut for the club in the 2010 Turkish Super Cup
final, starting alongside Egemen Korkmaz
in the heart of the defense.
, including participatation at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
. He had since been overlooked in favour of other defenders but received a recall to the National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against the Czech Republic
and Slovakia
by interim Polish manager Stefan Majewski
. He earned his 20th and 21st caps as a starter in both matches which saw Poland succumb to defeat, ending their World Cup qualification hopes. New manager Franciszek Smuda
had also selected him to play against Romania
and Canada
, but he sustained an injury in club action which ruled him out for those matches.
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
) is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who currently plays for Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
.
Career
Głowacki made his Polish Premier League debut on 7 May 1997 in a match against Amica WronkiAmica Wronki
Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland.The history of SSA Amica Sport goes back to 1992 when the Amica company wanted to sponsor a football team in the town of Wronki where their factory was located. The company's increasing profits gave the new team tremendous financial...
. In 2000 he moved to Wisła Kraków. In 2005 Głowacki was chosen as the new Wisła Kraków captain. In 2009 he was chosen the best defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
in Poland by Ekstraklasa players.
On 15 June 2010, he signed a two-year contract with Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
club Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor
Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year...
. Głowacki made his debut for the club in the 2010 Turkish Super Cup
2010 Turkish Super Cup
The 2010 Turkish Super Cup match were played between the Turkish Super League winner Bursaspor and the Turkish Cup winner Trabzonspor. Like the previous year the final was played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.Trabzonspor won the game 3–0 after a Hat-trick from Teófilo Gutiérrez.-Match...
final, starting alongside Egemen Korkmaz
Egemen Korkmaz
Egemen Korkmaz is a Turkish footballer who plays for Beşiktaş....
in the heart of the defense.
International career
He has made 21 appearances for the Poland national football teamPoland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
, including participatation at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
. He had since been overlooked in favour of other defenders but received a recall to the National Team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against the Czech Republic
Czech Republic national football team
The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...
and Slovakia
Slovakia national football team
The Slovakia national football team represents Slovakia in association football and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association , the governing body for football in Slovakia. Slovakia's home stadium is Štadión Pasienky and their head coach is Vladimír Weiss...
by interim Polish manager Stefan Majewski
Stefan Majewski
Stefan Majewski is a retired Polish soccer player and subsequently a football manager who recently was the interim manager of the Polish national team.-Career:...
. He earned his 20th and 21st caps as a starter in both matches which saw Poland succumb to defeat, ending their World Cup qualification hopes. New manager Franciszek Smuda
Franciszek Smuda
Franciszek Smuda is a Polish football manager and former player. Who played in Poland, the United States, and Germany. In 1983 he turned to coaching, becoming the manager of Widzew Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań, among others. He has won three Polish league titles...
had also selected him to play against Romania
Romania national football team
The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the first three World Cups.However, after that...
and Canada
Canada men's national soccer team
The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...
, but he sustained an injury in club action which ruled him out for those matches.
Wisła Kraków
- Ekstraklasa: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Polish CupPolish CupThe Polish Cup in football or officially Remes Puchar Polski, is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title...
: 2001–02, 2002–03 - Ekstraklasa CupEkstraklasa CupThe Ekstraklasa Cup was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs who play in the Polish 1st Division Ekstraklasa. The first ever Ekstraklasa Cup was held in 1952 in which Wawel Kraków came out victorious over Cracovia Kraków with the final score being 5-1. Two tournements were also held...
: 2000–01 - Polish SuperCupPolish SuperCupThe Polish SuperCup in football is an annually held match between the champion of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winner. To this date the Polish SuperCup has been played out 21 times with the Polish Cup winner taking the trophy 13 times, while the Ekstraklasa champions had won the trophy 8 times...
: 2001
Club career
- (correct as of 11 November 2011)
| Club | Season | League | Domestic League | Domestic Cups | European Cups | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lech Poznań Lech Poznan Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways... |
1996–1997 (w) | Ekstraklasa | 7 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1997–1998 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| 1998–1999 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 1 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Wisła Kraków | 1999–2000 | Ekstraklasa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 9 | 2 | |
| 2000–2001 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2001–2002 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 | |
| 2002–2003 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2003–2004 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2004–2005 | Ekstraklasa | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 2005–2006 | Ekstraklasa | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2006–2007 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2007–2008 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2008–2009 | Ekstraklasa | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2009–2010 | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
| Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Trabzonspor is a professional Turkish football club located in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, Trabzonspor won six championships in Turkish Super League. The Club won their first Championship title in 1975 which is also the Club's initiation year... |
2010–2011 | Süper Lig | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| 2011–2012 | Süper Lig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | Lech Poznań | 75 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 1 | |
| Total | Wisła Kraków | 204 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 299 | 11 | |
| Total | Trabzonspor | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
International statistics
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| 1. | 10 February 2002 | Limassol Limassol Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the... |
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| 2. | 18 May 2002 | Warszawa | Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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| 3. | 14 June 2002 | Daejeon Daejeon Daejeon is South Korea's fifth largest metropolis and the provincial capital of Chungnam. Located in the center of the country, Daejeon had a population of over 1.5 million in 2010. It is at the crossroads of Gyeongbu railway, Honam railway, Gyeongbu Expressway, and Honam Expressway. Within the... |
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| 4. | 21 August 2002 | Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... |
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| 5. | 7 September 2002 | Serravalle | |||||
| 6. | 16 October 2002 | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is a town in south-central Poland with 74,211 inhabitants .Main industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship .- History:The oldest testimonies of... |
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| 7. | 12 February 2003 | Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... |
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| 8. | 30 April 2003 | Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... |
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| 9. | 6 June 2003 | Poznań Poznan Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be... |
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| 10. | 11 December 2003 | Ta' Qali | Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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| 11. | 14 December 2003 | Ta' Qali | Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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| 12. | 28 April 2004 | Bydgoszcz | Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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| 13. | 29 May 2004 | Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427.... |
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| 14. | 18 August 2004 | Poznań Poznan Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be... |
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| 15. | 4 September 2004 | Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly... |
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| 16. | 8 September 2004 | Chorzów Chorzów Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million... |
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| 17. | 28 April 2005 | Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... |
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| 18. | 16 November 2005 | Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski is a town in south-central Poland with 74,211 inhabitants .Main industry is metallurgy. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously it belonged to Kielce Voivodeship .- History:The oldest testimonies of... |
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| 19. | 2 September 2006 | Bydgoszcz | |||||
| 20. | 10 October 2009 | Praga Praga Praga is a historical borough of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is located on the east bank of the river Vistula. First mentioned in 1432, until 1791 it formed a separate town with its own city charter.- History :... |
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, after UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of... |
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| 21. | 14 October 2009 | Chorzów Chorzów Chorzów is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million... |
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, after UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of... |
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