Daniel Piorkowski Explained

Daniel Piorkowski
Fullname:Daniel Piorkowski
Birth Date:12 January 1984
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia
Position:Centre back / right back
Years1:2001–2005
Caps1:26
Goals1:0
Years2:2005–2008
Caps2:30
Goals2:0
Years3:2008
Clubs3:Newcastle Jets FC
Caps3:7
Goals3:0
Years4:2009–2011
Caps4:2
Goals4:0
Nationalyears1:2002–2003
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:1 October 2011
Ntupdate:17:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Daniel Piorkowski (born 12 January 1984) is an Australian footballer.

Club career

Melbourne Knights

His progress as a footballer was delayed by a knee reconstruction, sustained during his playing days with ex NSL club Melbourne Knights FC. Daniel also was a member of the Australian Under 20 Side and missed out on a place in the Under-20 World Cup due to a knee reconstruction.[1]

Melbourne Victory

After signing for Melbourne Victory, Piorkowski made 11 appearances and was signed to a new two-year deal in April 2006.[2] Piorkowski was an important part of the Victory defence during their premiership winning season in 06/07 along with Adrian Leijer and Rodrigo Vargas. He unfortunately injured his knee during the season and did not feature in the finals series.[3] [4] On 13 February 2008 he was tabled a new contract by Victory but remained undecided whether to stay with the club.[5] On 13 May 2008 he finally decided to pursue his ambitions of playing in Europe.[6] [7] [8]

Newcastle Jets

On 13 September 2008 he signed a short deal after a week-long trial to cover injured defender Shaun Ontong.[9] [10]

Gold Coast United

On 20 November 2008 he joined Gold Coast United FC on a two-year deal.[11] [12]

Honours

Melbourne Victory

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/18/1066364541406.html Top Knights teenager out for season
  2. http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/apr06/artid5517.html Melbourne duo solid in defence
  3. http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/trio-reunite-in-heart-of-victorys-defence/2006/08/10/1154803032360.html Trio reunite in heart of Victory's defence
  4. http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/injury-forces-piorkowski-out/2007/10/07/1191695739657.html Injury forces Piorkowski out
  5. http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/02/12/1202760301046.html Two sign for Victory but more deals are pending
  6. http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/default.aspx?s=mvfc_newsdisplay&id=22155 Piorkowski set to chase European dream
  7. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23701588-23215,00.html Piorkowski starts European adventure
  8. http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/piorkowski-quits-victory-for-europe/2008/05/14/1210764953162.html Piorkowski quits Victory for europe
  9. Web site: Jets Check Out Piorkowski . 9 August 2009 . 18 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090918153825/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/84132,jets-check-out-piorkowski.aspx . dead .
  10. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/84617,jets-sign-up-piorkowski.aspx Jets Sign Up Piorkowski
  11. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/89433,piorkowski-off-to-gold-coast-too.aspx Piorkowski Off To Gold Coast Too
  12. http://www.goldcoastunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=25247 Six more names confirmed for United

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