Łukasz Piszczek

Personal information
Full name	Łukasz Piszczek
Date of birth	3 June 1985 (1985-06-03) (age 24)
Place of birth	Czechowice-Dziedzice, Poland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right winger
Club information
Current club	Hertha BSC
Number	26
Youth career
	LKS Goczałkowice-Zdrój
2001–2004	Gwarek Zabrze
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–	Hertha BSC	43	(2)
2004–2007	→ Zagłębie Lubin (loan)	69	(15)
National team‡
2008–	Poland	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Łukasz Piszczek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ ˈpiʂtʂɛk]; born June 3, 1985 in Czechowice-Dziedzice) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder or right-back for Hertha BSC in Berlin, Germany.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Club career

In 2001 Piszczek joined Gwarek Zabrze with whom he won the 2003 Polish youth championship.^[1] In 2004 he was signed by Hertha BSC and immediately loaned out to Zagłębie Lubin. With Zagłębie, he won the league championship during the 2006-07 season.

In the fall of 2007 Hertha recalled the player. He scored his first goal in the Bundesliga on April 26, 2008 to earn a point against Hannover 96.

He missed most of the first half of the 2008-09 season as the result of a hip problem that eventually required surgery.^[2] He began training again in February 2009 but in March suffered a setback due to a minor knee injury.^[3] He returned to Bundesliga action in April.

Since arriving at Hertha, Piszczek typically plays as a right midfielder or right back, or less frequently, on the left wing. Earlier in his career he also played as a striker.^[1]

[edit] International career

Piszczek made his first appearance for the Poland national football team in a friendly versus Estonia on February 3, 2007.

On June 6, 2008, he was added to the Polish squad for Euro 2008, to replace the injured Jakub Błaszczykowski. He made one appearance, coming on a sub against Germany, but was injured in the training session for the next game and took no further part in the tournament.^[4]

[edit] Personal life

Łukasz Piszczek was raised in Goczałkowice-Zdrój. His father, the coach of the local football club, decided to bring him to one of the training sessions at the age of about 7-8. His brother, Tomasz, was also involved in football.^[1]

He is married since June 2009.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bundesliga stats (English)
• Łukasz Piszczek Tactical Formations (English)
• Player profile on Hertha Berlin official website (German)
• Polish league stats on 90minut.pl (Polish)
• Polish NT stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)

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