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Mirosław Wojciech Trzeciak (born 11 April 1968),
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d Franek, is a Polish former professional
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who played as a striker. In 1998, he was named the Polish Footballer of the Year.


Football career

Trzeciak was born in
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. During his career, Trzeciak, a Gwardia Koszalin trainee, also represented
Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...
– two different spells –
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),
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, for a few months),
ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...
,
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and
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(both in
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). In the latter country his
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totals consisted of ten matches during the 2000–01 season, spent with the former side. The best years of Trzeciak's career were spent in
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, where he won three leagues, one
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and one
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. For eight years he was also a Poland international (22
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, eight goals), but his best period arrived towards the end, during the
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era (1997–99). After his football career was over, Trzeciak stayed in
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with former club Poli Ejido, coaching its junior teams. Subsequently he became a
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in Poland and, in January 2007, he began working as director of sport development for
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.


International goals


Honours

Lech Poznań *
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 ...
: 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93 *
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: 1987–88 *
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: 1990, 1992 ŁKS Łódź *Ekstraklasa: 1997–98 Individual *Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1996–97 * ''Piłka Nożna'' Polish Footballer of the Year: 1998


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trzeciak, Miroslaw 1968 births Living people Footballers from Koszalin Polish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ekstraklasa players Lech Poznań players ŁKS Łódź players Swiss Super League players BSC Young Boys players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players La Liga players Segunda División players CA Osasuna players Polideportivo Ejido footballers Poland men's international footballers Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Polish sports executives and administrators Polish football executives Legia Warsaw non-playing staff 20th-century Polish sportsmen