Jacek Bąk

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Jacek Bąk
Personal information
Full name	Jacek Bąk
Date of birth	March 24, 1973 (1973-03-24) (age 34)
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 clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1992 1992-1995 1995-2002 2002-2005 2005-2007 2007-	Motor Lublin Lech Poznań Olympique Lyonnais RC Lens Al Rayyan Club Austria Wien	46 (2) 84 (2) 114 (4) 146 (5) 72 (3) 2 (0)
National team2
1993-	Poland	90 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:58, June 20, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23:58, November 21, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jacek Bąk (pronunciation), born March 24, 1973 in Lublin, is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for Austria Wien in Austria, as well as for the Poland national football team.

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, but failed to emulate in France what he achieved in Poland, due to persisting injuries.

He also played in France for RC Lens, before moving to the Qatar league. In 2007, he switched back to Europe and signed with Austria Wien. Bąk earned caps in the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals held in South Korea and Japan and the 2006 finals in Germany, totalling, as of September 2007, 87 caps and three goals.

Recently, Bąk claimed he was offered money to affect the outcome of the European Championships 2008 qualifying fixture between Belgium and Poland in Belgium's favour.^{[citation needed]}

Jacek Bąk has a wife named Anna and one son also named Jacek.

[edit] External links

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

v • d • e FK Austria Wien – current squad
1 Sáfár • 2 Grünwald • 3 Troyansky • 4 Ramsebner • 5 Majstorović • 6 Bąk • 7 Lafata • 8 Radomski • 9 Mair • 10 Vachoušek • 11 Aigner • 13 Kuru • 15 Blanchard • 16 Gercaliu • 18 Metz • 19 Okotie • 20 Lasnik • 22 Ertl • 23 Sulimani • 24 Schiemer • 25 Dimic • 26 Sariyar • 27 Kuljic • 28 Madl • 29 Suttner • 30 Ačimovič • 31 Standfest • 32 Fornezzi • Coach: Zellhofer

v • d • e 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

v • d • e 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