Jakub Wawrzyniak
Personal information
Date of birth	July 7, 1983 (1983-07-07) (age 26)
Place of birth	Kutno, Poland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position	Left-back / Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Legia Warsaw
Number	24[1]
Youth career
?–2001 2002 2002–2003	Sparta Złotów MSP Szamotuły Sparta Oborniki Sparta Brodnica
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003 2004 2005–2007 2007– 2009	Błękitni Stargard Szczeciński Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Widzew Łódź Legia Warsaw → Panathinaikos (loan)	013 0(1) 019 0(0) 068 0(5) 033 0(1) 009 0(0)
National team2
2006–	Poland	014 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:59, March 19, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23:59, November 25, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jakub Wawrzyniak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjakub vavˈʐɨɲak], born July 7, 1983 in Kutno) is a Polish footballer currently playing as a defender for Legia Warsaw. He usually plays as a left-back or center-back. Earlier in his career, he also appeared a few times as a midfielder.

[edit] Club career

Wawrzyniak played for Legia Warsaw from fall 2007 to the end of 2008. On January 30, 2009 Panathinaikos announced his acquisition.

On June 4, 2009 the Disciplinary Committee of the Greek Superliga suspended him for three months on doping charges. His suspension was later extended to one year.^[2] Panathinaikos announced they would not take up their buy option on the player, thus leaving Wawrzyniak to return to Legia Warsaw, his current club. The substance in question is not prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.^[3] Wawrzyniak appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. In December 2009 the court shortened his suspension to the original three months. The player intends to pursue compensation from the Greek association.

[edit] International career

Wawrzyniak made his debut for the Poland national football team in the game versus UAE on December 6, 2006 in Abu Zabi. He currently has 14 caps to his name.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player stats at Guardian.co.uk (Polish)
• Polish league stats at 90minut.pl (Polish)
• National team stats at pzpn.pl (Polish)

v • d • e Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Boruc • 2 Jop • 3 Wawrzyniak • 4 Golański • 5 Dudka • 6 Bąk • 7 Smolarek • 8 Krzynówek • 9 Żurawski • 10 Garguła • 11 Saganowski • 12 Kowalewski • 13 Wasilewski • 14 Żewłakow • 15 Pazdan • 16 Piszczek • 17 Łobodziński • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Murawski • 20 Guerreiro • 21 Zahorski • 22 Fabiański • 23 Kokoszka • Coach: Beenhakker

This biographical article related to a Polish football defender is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e