Mariusz Lewandowski

Mariusz Lewandowski
Personal information

Full name	Mariusz Lewandowski
Date of birth	(1979-05-18) 18 May 1979
Place of birth	Legnica, Poland
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Central Defender Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
	Zagłębie Lubin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1999	Zagłębie Lubin	36	(0)
2000–2001	Dyskobolia Grodzisk	40	(2)
2001–2010	Shakhtar Donetsk	174	(21)
2010–2013	Sevastopol	76	(14)
Total		326	(37)
National team
2002–2013	Poland	66	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mariusz Lewandowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarjuʂ lɛvanˈdɔfski]; born 18 May 1979 in Legnica) is a Polish retired footballer. He was mostly a central defender, but could also play as a defensive midfielder.

In 2009, he was named Polish Footballer of the Year.

Career

Lewandowski started his career in the Polish club Zagłębie Lubin in 1996. After a short time in Dyskobolia Grodzisk, he was bought by Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk in 2001 and for 9 seasons was an integral part of the team, which won 4 Ukrainian Championships and 3 Ukrainian Cups. On 20 May 2009 he played in the 2009 UEFA Cup Final against Werder Bremen, with Shakhtar claiming the trophy. In 2010 he signed for PFC Sevastopol. On 27 November 2013 he left the Crimean club. After remaining a free agent for 10 months, on 24 September 2014 he has announced his retirement.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zagłębie	1996–97	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
	1997–98	11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	0
	1998–99	21	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	22	0
	1999-00	3	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	4	0
Total		36	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	38	0
Dyskobolia	1999-00	14	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	0
	2000–01	26	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	28	2
	2001–02	-	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	2	0
Total		40	2	2	0	2	0	-	-	44	2
Shakhtar	2001–02	11	1	5	1	2	0	-	-	18	2
	2002–03	24	4	6	1	4	1	-	-	34	6
	2003–04	27	5	6	1	6	1	-	-	39	7
	2004–05	25	2	8	2	12	0	-	-	45	4
	2005–06	21	1	2	0	8	0	1	0	32	1
	2006–07	18	4	4	0	7	0	-	-	29	4
	2007–08	18	1	2	1	9	0	-	-	29	2
	2008–09	16	1	4	1	10	0	-	-	30	2
	2009–10	14	2	1	0	4	0	-	-	19	2
Total		174	21	38	7	62	2	1	0	275	30
Sevastopol	2010–11	25	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	6
	2011–12	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2
	2012–13	28	4	5	0	-	-	-	-	33	4
	2013–14	16	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	16	2
Total		76	14	5	0	-	-	-	-	81	14
Career totals		326	37	47	7	64	2	1	0	438	46

International career

He was named in the 23-man Poland's 2006 World Cup squad held in Germany. He was also on the main squad of Poland in the UEFA Euro 2008.

After Franciszek Smuda took over the national team in 2009, he stopped playing for Poland.

He was however, called up by Waldemar Fornalik for the games against Ukraine and England, in the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers.

Poland goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 November 2005	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland	Estonia	3–1	Win	Friendly
2.	8 September 2007	Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	2–2	Draw	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3.	6 February 2008	Paphos, Cyprus	Czech Republic	2–0	Win	Friendly
4.	19 November 2008	Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	3–2	Win	Friendly
5.	1 April 2009	Kielce, Poland	San Marino	10–0	Win	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
6.	5 September 2009	Chorzów, Poland	Northern Ireland	1–1	Draw	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Honours

Club

Shakhtar Donetsk

Official

Ukrainian Championship: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008; runner-up 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009
Ukrainian Cup:2002, 2004, 2008; runner-up 2003, 2007, 2009
Ukrainian Super Cup: 2005, 2008, 2010; runner-up 2004, 2006, 2007
UEFA Cup: 2008–09

Non-official

First Channel Cup: 2006; runner-up 2008
La Manga Cup: 2007
Uhrencup: 2009

National team

Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament champion: 2005
2006 FIFA World Cup participant
UEFA Euro 2008 participant

Individual

Member of Shakhtar Donetsk's all-time XI (voted by fans)
Poland Player of the Year 2009 (voted by journalists from "Piłka Nożna" magazine)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mariusz Lewandowski.

Mariusz Lewandowski profile at 90minut
National team stats on the website of the Polish Football Association (Polish)

Poland squads

Poland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Boruc 2 Jop 3 Gancarczyk 4 Baszczyński 5 Kosowski 6 Bąk (c) 7 Sobolewski 8 Krzynówek 9 Żurawski 10 Szymkowiak 11 Rasiak 12 Kuszczak 13 Mila 14 Żewłakow 15 Smolarek 16 Radomski 17 Dudka 18 Lewandowski 19 Bosacki 20 Giza 21 Jeleń 22 Fabiański 23 Brożek Coach: Janas

Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2008

1 Boruc 2 Jop 3 Wawrzyniak 4 Golański 5 Dudka 6 Bąk 7 Smolarek 8 Krzynówek 9 Żurawski (c) 10 Garguła 11 Saganowski 12 Kowalewski 13 Wasilewski 14 Żewłakow 15 Pazdan 16 Piszczek 17 Łobodziński 18 Lewandowski 19 Murawski 20 Guerreiro 21 Zahorski 22 Fabiański 23 Kokoszka Coach: Beenhakker

Polish Footballer of the Year

Sport	1967: Lubański 1968: not held 1969: not held 1970: Lubański 1971: not held 1972: not held 1973: Deyna 1974: Lato

Piłka Nożna	1973: Deyna 1974: Deyna 1975: Maszczyk 1976: Kasperczak 1977: Lato 1978: Boniek 1979: Rudy 1980: not held 1981: Lato 1982: Boniek 1983: Młynarczyk 1984: W. Smolarek 1985: Dziekanowski 1986: W. Smolarek 1987: Iwan 1988: Warzycha 1989: Tarasiewicz 1990: Ziober 1991: Czachowski 1992: Kowalczyk 1993: Leśniak 1994: Kosecki 1995: Pisz 1996: Nowak 1997: Majak 1998: Trzeciak 1999: Zieliński 2000: Dudek 2001: Olisadebe 2002: Żurawski 2003: Krzynówek 2004: Krzynówek 2005: E. Smolarek 2006: E. Smolarek 2007: E. Smolarek 2008: Błaszczykowski 2009: M. Lewandowski 2010: Błaszczykowski 2011: R. Lewandowski 2012: R. Lewandowski 2013: R. Lewandowski 2014: R. Lewandowski 2015: R. Lewandowski

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