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Mariusz Jop
Mariusz Jop and Oleg Kuzmin.
Personal information
Full name	Mariusz Jop
Date of birth	3 August 1978 (1978-08-03) (age 31)
Place of birth	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Wisła Kraków
Number	22
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1999 1999–2004 2000–2001 2004–2009 2009–	KSZO Ostrowiec Św. Wisła Kraków → Widzew Łódź (loan) FC Moscow Wisła Kraków	71 (3) 60 (6) 26 (2) 86 (4) 09 (0)
National team2
2003–	Poland	27 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 December 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 August 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Mariusz Jop (pronunciation), born 3 August 1978 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Wisła Kraków and the Poland national football team.

Career

Jop started out playing for KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He won the Polish League Championship with Wisła Kraków in the 2000/01, 2002/03 and 2003/04 seasons. While playing in FC Moscow he become the first Pole to score a goal in the Russian Premier League. On 11 July 2009 Wisla Krakow have signed the Polish national team defender, who was a free agent after recently terminating his contract with FC Moscow.

International Career

Jop was selected to the 23-men national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. He was also included in the Polish Euro 2008 squad, and made his only appearance in their group match against Austria. During this match Jop came under much criticism for a lacklustre performance and was withdrawn from the team at half-time, and did not appear again in the competition.

Statistics

(correct as of 10 December 2009)

Honours

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04
• Polish Cup: 2001-02, 2002-03

References

External links

• Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
• National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)

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

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