Maciej Wilusz (born 25 September 1988) is a Polish

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and former

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who played as a

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. He currently serves as the assistant coach of Lech Poznań U17.

Club career

On 8 June 2017, he signed a three-year contract with the

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club

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. His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 15 January 2020. On 16 January 2020, he signed with

club Ural Yekaterinburg.

International career

In 2014, he was called up by the Poland national coach

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to the Poland national team. His debut came on 18 January 2014 in a 3–0 win in a friendly against

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. He was called up again in March 2014 for the match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

GKS Bełchatów *

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 ...

: 2013–14 Lech Poznań *

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: 2014–15 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilusz, Maciej 1988 births Living people Footballers from Wrocław Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Poland men's international footballers SC Heerenveen players Sparta Rotterdam players MKS Kluczbork players GKS Bełchatów players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Korona Kielce players FC Rostov players FC Ural Yekaterinburg players Raków Częstochowa players Śląsk Wrocław players III liga players II liga players I liga players Ekstraklasa players Russian Premier League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Lech Poznań non-playing staff 21st-century Polish sportsmen