Mirosław Piękoś (born 18 May 1963) is a Polish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Career

Piękoś played in the

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 ...

with

Stal Mielec FKS Stal Mielec, commonly known as Stal Mielec (), is a Polish professional football club based in Mielec. The team competes in the I liga, the second level of the Polish football league system. The club was established on 10 April 1939. Histori ...

during the 1986–87 season. In 1988, he played abroad in the

Canadian Soccer League The Canadian Soccer League (CSL; ) is a semi-professional league for Canadian soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario, and claims the history of the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL). It is a non-FIFA league previously ...

with

North York Rockets The North York Rockets were a professional soccer team based in North York, Toronto, Ontario that competed in the original Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992), Canadian Soccer League. They were one of four teams to participate in every season of ...

. The following season he signed with league rivals

Ottawa Intrepid Ottawa Intrepid was a professional soccer team based in Ottawa, Ontario that competed in the original Canadian Soccer League. They were founded as the National Capital Pioneers (also spelled National Capitals Pioneers) and played in Aylmer, Queb ...

. After a season with Ottawa, he was transferred to Kitchener Spirit for the 1990 season. In 1991, he was traded to his former club North York Rockets for future considerations. In July 1991, he was placed on waivers with Hamilton Steelers signing him, and appeared in four matches. In 1993, he played in the

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with Richmond Hill Kick.

References

Living people 1963 births Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Polish expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Mielec Stal Mielec players North York Rockets players Ottawa Intrepid players Kitchener Spirit players Hamilton Steelers (1981–1992) players Ekstraklasa players Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players Canadian National Soccer League players Polish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub