Waldemar Kryger is a former Polish

Poles

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 footballer, who played as a defender

Defender (association football)

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He spent much of his career playing for 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...

; Kryger played a total of 17 seasons for Kolejorz (from 1983/1984 to 1997/1998 and from 2002/2003 to 2003/2004) accumulating a total of 302 matches and scoring 3 goals. With Lech, he contributed to winning 3 Polish League titles in (1990, 1992 and 1993), 3 Polish SuperCup

Polish SuperCup

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s (1990, 1992 and 2004) plus 2 Polish Cup

Polish Cup

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s (1988 and 2004). He began his playing career at Patria Buk, playing there one season (1982/1983). After 15 seasons at Lech, he moved to VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg

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 in Germany playing from the (1997/1998 to 2001/2002) seasons. He played a total of 126 matches and scored 1 goal. He again returned to Poznan to play where he ended up finishing his playing career.

He played for the national team in 5 matches, making his debut on February 14, 1997 during a Poland

Poland

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 - Lithuania

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 match. He scored his only national team goal against Latvia

Latvia

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 on February 17, 1997. After finishing his playing career, he became a coach. He worked as a coach for Czesław Michniewicz

Czesław Michniewicz

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while he was the head coach of Lech Poznań. Later, Kryger decided to become a coach for the Lech Poznań Youth Teams.