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Jacek Bąk
Personal information
Full name	Jacek Bąk
Date of birth	March 24, 1973 (1973-03-24) (age 36)
Place of birth	Lublin, Poland
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Austria Wien
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–2001 2002–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Motor Lublin Lech Poznań Olympique Lyonnais RC Lens Al Rayyan Club Austria Wien	046 (2) 084 (2) 114 (4) 085 (2) 026 (0) 057 (5)
National team
1993–2008	Poland	096 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 10, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Jacek Bąk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjatsɛk ˈbɔŋk]; born March 24, 1973 in Lublin), is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Austria Wien in Austria. He has made 96 appearances for the Polish national football team.

Club career

He made his footballing debut with Motor Lublin aged just 16, before moving to Lech Poznań two years later.

In Bąk's first season with Lech Poznań, he won the Polish championship title, before catching the eye of the Polish coach, who gave him his first international cap against Cyprus. Bąk was transferred to Olympique Lyon in 1995.

He also played in France for RC Lens (January 2002–2005), where he bounced back, before moving to the Qatari league for Al-Rayyan club . In 2007, he switched back to Europe and signed with Austria Wien.

International career

Bąk represented his nation in the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan, and the 2006 edition in Germany.

In late 2006, Bąk claimed he was offered money to affect the outcome of the Euro 2008 qualifying fixture between Belgium and Poland in Belgium's favour. On July 14, 2008, following the end of Euro 2008, he announced that he was retiring from International football.

Poland Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 August 1994	Radom, Poland	Belarus	1-1	Draw	Friendly
2.	12 November 2003	Warsaw, Poland	Italy	3-1	Win	Friendly
3.	3 March 2007	Warsaw, Poland	Azerbaijan	5-0	Win	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A

Personal

Jacek Bąk has a wife named Anna, with one son also named Jacek. His surname means: bumble bee, spinning top and fart in Polish.

External links

• Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
• National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)
• L'Équipe stats
• Guardian stats
• national football team stats

Poland squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Dudek • 2 Kłos • 3 Zieliński • 4 Michał Żewłakow • 5 Rząsa • 6 Hajto • 7 Świerczewski • 8 Kucharski • 9 Kryszałowicz • 10 Kałużny • 11 Olisadebe • 12 Majdan • 13 Głowacki • 14 Marcin Żewłakow • 15 Wałdoch • 16 Murawski • 17 A. Bąk • 18 Krzynówek • 19 Żurawski • 20 J. Bąk • 21 Koźmiński • 22 Matysek • 23 Sibik • Coach: Engel

Poland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Boruc • 2 Jop • 3 Gancarczyk • 4 Baszczyński • 5 Kosowski • 6 Bąk • 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 • 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