Rafael Kazior (; born 7 February 1983) is a German retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
.
Career
On 12 September 2003, Kazior made his professional debut in the
2. Bundesliga for
MSV Duisburg
Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...
.
In May 2018, following
Werder Bremen II
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's relegation from the
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
, it was announced Kazior would end his career and start working as a video analyst for
Werder Bremen
Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...
's first team under
Florian Kohfeldt.
Career statistics
References
1983 births
Living people
German men's footballers
German people of Polish descent
Men's association football forwards
MSV Duisburg players
SV Wacker Burghausen players
Holstein Kiel players
Rot-Weiss Essen players
Hamburger SV II players
People from Gliwice
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Oberliga (football) players
SV Werder Bremen non-playing staff
21st-century German sportsmen
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