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Biography
Piotr Jarosław Świerczewski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpʲɔtr jaˈrɔswaf ɕfʲɛrˈtʂɛfskʲi]) (born April 8, 1972 in Nowy Sącz) is a retired Polish football player.
Career
Club
During his 20-year professional career, he played for clubs such as Lech Poznań, GKS Katowice, AS Saint-Étienne (France), SC Bastia (France), Gamba Osaka (Japan), Olympique Marseille (France), Birmingham City F.C. (England), Polonia Warsaw and ŁKS Łódź.
National team
He played for the Polish national team, winning 70 caps and scoring a goal. He was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Personal life
He is married to a woman named Lidia and now works for a Polish bus company named Stalko
In 1993, he shared the cover of FIFA International Soccer with David Platt, in the first game in this videogame series.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Poland | League | |||
| 1988/89 | GKS Katowice | Ekstraklasa | 1 | 0 |
| 1989/90 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 1990/91 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 1991/92 | 30 | 2 | ||
| 1992/93 | 27 | 1 | ||
| France | League | |||
| 1993/94 | AS Saint-Étienne | Division 1 | 31 | 1 |
| 1994/95 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 1995/96 | SC Bastia | Division 1 | 35 | 1 |
| 1996/97 | 33 | 4 | ||
| 1997/98 | 31 | 2 | ||
| 1998/99 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Japan | League | |||
| 1999 | Gamba Osaka | J.League Division 1 | 12 | 2 |
| France | League | |||
| 1999/00 | SC Bastia | Division 1 | 30 | 1 |
| 2000/01 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2001/02 | Olympique Marseille | Division 1 | 25 | 1 |
| 2002/03 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| England | League | |||
| 2002/03 | Birmingham City | Premier League | 1 | 0 |
| Poland | League | |||
| 2003/04 | Lech Poznań | Ekstraklasa | 19 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2005/06 | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2006/07 | Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 1 |
| 2007/08 | Korona Kielce | Ekstraklasa | 9 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 1 |
| 2008/09 | Polonia Warsaw | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 |
| 2008/09 | ŁKS Łódź | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 2 |
| 2009/10 | Zagłębie Lubin | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | ŁKS Łódź | First League | ||
| Country | Poland | 229 | 12 | |
| France | 278 | 15 | ||
| Japan | 12 | 2 | ||
| England | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 520 | 29 | ||
National team statistics
| Poland national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 1 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 70 | 1 |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 March 1993 | Górnik Zabrze Stadium, Zabrze, Poland |  Lithuania | International Friendly |