Maciej Szczęsny | |
Fullname: | Maciej Wawrzyniec Szczęsny |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1965 |
Birth Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | 1983–1987 |
Clubs1: | Gwardia Warsaw |
Years2: | 1987–1996 |
Clubs2: | Legia Warsaw |
Caps2: | 140 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1996–1998 |
Clubs3: | Widzew Łódź |
Caps3: | 31 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1998–2000 |
Clubs4: | Polonia Warsaw |
Caps4: | 53 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2000–2002 |
Clubs5: | Wisła Kraków |
Caps5: | 12 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 236 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1991–1996 |
Nationalteam1: | Poland |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Maciej Wawrzyniec Szczęsny (pronounced ; born 28 June 1965) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. The only player in the history that has won the Polish championship with four different clubs such as Legia Warsaw, Widzew Łódź, Polonia Warsaw and Wisła Kraków.
He participated in the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League with Legia Warsaw, reaching the quarter-finals, and in the 1996–97 edition with Widzew Łódź. He is the only player to have won a Polish championship with four clubs - in 1994 and 1995 with Legia, in 1997 with Widzew, in 2000 with Polonia and in 2001 with Wisła.
Szczęsny played seven times for the Poland national football team, though six of those appearances came in friendlies.[1]
He is now a football pundit. His two sons play football as goalkeepers: Jan (born 1987) who retired early to become a goalkeeping coach, and Wojciech (born 1990), who had an illustrious career in European club football and became the most capped goalkeeper for the Polish national team.[2]
Legia Warsaw[3]
Widzew Łódź[3]
Polonia Warsaw[3]
Wisła Kraków[3]