Jakub Wierzchowski (born 15 April 1977) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a

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. From 2011 to 2013, he was the goalkeeping coach of

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Club career

Wierzchowski joined

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club

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

in summer 2001 on a three-year contract. The transfer fee paid to

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland, having won fourteen List of Polish football champions, Polish Championship ...

was reported as DM1 million (equivalent to € at the time). During his time at Werder Bremen he and goalkeeping rival

Pascal Borel Pascal Borel (born 26 September 1978) is a German football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. In 1999, Borel earned two caps for Germany at the U21 level. Playing career Borel was born in Karlsruhe. He played for FC Germania Fr ...

were labelled the "weakest goalkeepers in the Bundesliga" by

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journalist Ralf Wiegand and afterwards "not ready for the first league" by the

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's Frank Heike. In January 2008, he joined

. He extended his contract to summer 2011 in June 2009.

International career

Wierzchowski was a part of Poland national team for which he made two appearances.

Honours

Wisła Kraków *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 1998–99 Wisła Płock *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2005–06

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* * 1977 births Living people Polish men's footballers Footballers from Lublin Men's association football goalkeepers Poland men's international footballers Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players Bundesliga players KS Lublinianka players GKS Górnik Łęczna players Wisła Kraków players Ruch Chorzów players SV Werder Bremen players Wisła Płock players Zagłębie Sosnowiec players Polonia Bytom players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Association football goalkeeping coaches {{Poland-footy-goalkeeper-stub