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Chris Pozniak

Personal information
Full name	Krzysztof Pozniak
Date of birth	(1981-01-10) January 10, 1981 (age 31)
Place of birth	Krakw, Poland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Haugesund
Number	4
Youth career
19941995	Scarborough Azzurri Blues
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
19992001	Toronto Lynx	42	(0)
20012004	rebro	45	(1)
20042006	Haugesund	67	(9)
2007	Toronto FC	22	(0)
2008	Chivas USA	4	(0)
2008	Vancouver Whitecaps	7	(1)
20082009	Dundee	24	(1)
20092010	Vancouver Whitecaps	9	(0)
2010	Haugesund	53	(2)
National team
19982001	Canada U-20	16	(0)
20022004	Canada U-23	9	(3)
2002	Canada	24	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 May 2011. Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 15 December 2009

Chris Pozniak (born January 10, 1981 in Krakw) is a Polish-born Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Haugesund in the Tippeligaen.

[edit] Club career

Pozniak emigrated with his parents, Tadeusz and Elbieta, and sister Kinga, to Canada in 1990.^[1]

He began his professional career with the Toronto Lynx at age 18. Poniak has since played for FK Haugesund of the Norwegian Second division and rebro SK of the Allsvenskan in Sweden.

On November 22, 2006, Toronto FC manager Mo Johnston announced the signings of Pozniak along with fellow Canadians Adam Braz and Marco Reda for TFC's inaugural season.^[2] In his first year at TFC, Pozniak featured in the defense and midfield acting as a backup and occasional starter.

On November 21, 2007, Pozniak was selected tenth by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2007 MLS Expansion Draft.^[3] On March 28, 2008 he was traded to CD Chivas USA for John Cunliffe.^[4] In May 2008 he moved to Vancouver Whitecaps. [1] He was released in July with a link to Europe.

Pozniak signed a one-year deal with Dundee on 7 August 2008^[5] and left the club on 29 June 2009.^[6]

On July 30, 2009, the Whitecaps announced that they had signed him for a second spell at the club. The deal lasted until the end of the season, and had an option for 2010, which was not picked up.^[7]

[edit] International career

Pozniak has been capped by Canada at the U20, U23, and senior levels. He competed in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina. His first senior cap for Canada came in the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup against Haiti as a late game substitute. He has since earned a total of 24 caps, scoring no goals, and become an important contributing member for Canada's squad.^[8] He has represented Canada in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[9]

[edit] Career stats

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Chris Pozniak career stats at Soccerbase
• Player profile - CanadaSoccer
• Career stats - National Football Teams
• Player profile - Vancouover Whitecaps

Canada squads v t e Canada squad 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship 1 Meuleman 2 Ouassa 3 Dunfield 4 Oppong 5 O'Connor 6 Klukowski 7 Nsaliwa 8 Caizalez 9 Belotte 10 de Guzman 11 Borsellino 12 Thompson 13 Pozniak 14 Williams 15 Hutchinson 16 Friend 17 Hume 18 Zarzycki Coach: James v t e Canada squad 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup Third Place 1 Hirschfeld 3 Rogers 4 Menezes 5 de Vos (c) 6 Bent 7 Stalteri 8 Dasovic 10 Xausa 11 Brennan 13 Fletcher 14 Imhof 15 Hastings 16 de Guzman 17 De Rosario 18 Nsaliwa 19 Pozniak 20 McKenna 23 Stamatopoulos Coach: Osieck v t e Canada squad 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Onstad 2 Fenwick 3 Hastings 4 Pizzolitto 5 de Vos (c) 6 Bent 7 Stalteri 8 Imhof 9 Corazzin 10 McKenna 11 Nash 12 Dasovic 13 Xausa 14 Hutchinson 15 Caizalez 16 Pozniak 17 Hume 22 Hirschfeld Coach: Osieck v t e Canada squad 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Sutton 2 Braz 3 Pozniak 4 McKenna 5 Gervais 6 Bernier 7 Hume 8 Serioux 9 Gerba 10 Occean 11 Brennan 12 Grande 13 Hutchinson 14 De Rosario 15 Simpson 16 Leduc 17 Peters 18 Dodds 19 Franks Coach: Yallop v t e Canada squad 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists 1 Sutton 2 Braz 3 Jazi 4 Reda 5 Hainault 6 de Guzman 7 Stalteri 8 Harmse 9 Friend 10 Gerba 11 Hastings 12 Gervais 13 Hutchinson 14 De Rosario 15 Bernier 16 Nash 17 Hume 18 Nakajima 19 Ribeiro 20 Pozniak 21 Ledgerwood 22 Onstad 23 Giacomi Coach: Hart v t e Canada squad 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Sutton 2 Cann 3 Klukowski 4 Hainault 5 McKenna 6 de Guzman 7 Stalteri (c) 8 de Jong 9 Gerba 10 Johnson 11 Hastings 12 Nakajima-Farran 13 Hutchinson 14 Jakovi 15 Simpson 16 Jackson 17 Peters 18 Wagenaar 19 Harmse 20 Bernier 21 Pozniak 22 Stamatopoulos 23 Gbeke Coach: Hart