Krzysztof Baszkiewicz (27 October 1933 – 25 November 1993) was a Polish

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who played as a winger for

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 ...

and

Gwardia Warsaw WKS Gwardia Warszawa () was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. The club was dissolved in 2018. Football It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953 to 1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–19 ...

Biography

Baszkiewicz started his career playing football for the youth levels at OMTUR Bielany and Budowlani Wola, joining

in 1950. Baszkiewicz made his league debut against Polonia Świdnica, scoring his first goal for the club in the same match. In total, he played 40 times scoring 18 goals with Lechia before the age of 20. In 1953, he joined

, playing the next 11 seasons with the club. In total for Gwardia, he played 173 times in the league, scoring 66 goals, and he became the first Polish player to score in a European club competition in 1955 scoring against

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in Sweden. At the age of 27, Baszkiewicz suffered from injuries, retiring at the age of 30 having played rarely in his final three seasons. Baszkiewicz played 20 times for the Poland national team, scoring four times for his country.

Honours

Gwardia Warsaw *

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 ...

: 1953–54

References

1933 births 1993 deaths Footballers from Warsaw Polish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Poland men's international footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Gwardia Warsaw players Ekstraklasa players 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-1930s-stub