Jarosław Paweł Bieniuk (; born 4 June 1979) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

He started playing for

Amica Wronki Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland. The club was invariably linked to Amica, a manufacturer of white goods, predominantly stoves, which gave the club its nickname. The company's increasing profits gave the new te ...

in the 1998–99 season and made his debut on 22 May 1999. In 2006, he transferred to Turkish side

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where he played until the end of 2008. In January 2009, he signed a contract with Cypriot club

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also Romanization of Greek, transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional multi-sport club, esta ...

, however, it was terminated a few weeks later and he signed with

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-wh ...

. In July 2012, he moved from

to another Polish

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 ...

team,

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

. On 30 July 2013, he captained Lechia Gdańsk in a friendly game against

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, scoring a goal in a 2–2 home draw against the Spanish giants. After the 2013–14 season, Bieniuk decided to end his professional career.

National team

He has also appeared for the

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, with eight caps to his name.

Goals for senior national team

Personal life

Bieniuk was in a domestic partnership with Anna Przybylska, a Polish actress; they have one daughter Oliwia (born 2002) and two sons: Szymon (born 2006) and Jan (born 2011). They were together until Anna’s death in October 2014. His son Kazimierz was born in March 2020.

Honours

Amica Wronki *

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 ...

: 1998–99, 1999–2000 Widzew Łódź *

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

: 2008–09, 2009–10

References

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* 1979 births Living people Footballers from Gdańsk Polish men's footballers Polish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Lechia Gdańsk players Amica Wronki players Antalyaspor footballers AC Omonia players Widzew Łódź players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Poland men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Polish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus {{Poland-footy-defender-1970s-stub