Piotr Czesław Brożek (born 21 April 1983) is a Polish

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who plays as a

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for regional league club Świt Krzeszowice.

Club career

Born in

Kielce Kielce (; ) is a city in south-central Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the banks of the Silnic ...

, Brożek was a product of the Polonia Białogon Kielce youth system, and moved to

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

in 1998. He made his

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debut for Wisła Kraków on 8 September 2001, in a match against

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. During the

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season, Brożek was loaned to

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

; there he appeared in 22 games, scoring 3 goals. Brożek won the Ekstraklasa championship four times with Wisła Kraków. In January 2011, Brożek, together with his twin brother Paweł, joined Turkish

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side

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on a -year deal for an undisclosed fee from Wisła Kraków.

International career

Brożek played internationally for Poland, beginning with the Under-15 level and up to the senior national team. He made his first appearance for the Poland senior national team on 8 February 2008, in a friendly match against

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Personal life

His twin brother, Paweł Brożek, was also a footballer.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brożek goal.''

Honours

Wisła Kraków *

: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09 *

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: 2002–03

References

External links

*
National team stats
on the website of the

Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brozek, Piotr 1983 births Living people Footballers from Kielce Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Poland men's international footballers Wisła Kraków players ŁKS Łódź players Górnik Zabrze players Trabzonspor footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Piast Gliwice players Ekstraklasa players I liga players III liga players Süper Lig players Polish twins Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Polish sportsmen