Łukasz Koszarek (born 12 January 1984) is a Polish professional

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player for Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League. He is a

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Professional career

Koszarek has spent most of his career in the Polish Basketball League. He made his debut for

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in 2003–04, seeing limited action off the bench for the team. However, the following year, he saw significantly more action, averaging 11.6 points and 4.8 assists per game in leading the team to a third-place finish in the league. In 2008–09 season, he averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 assists per game for fourth-place

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. After a successful season in Anwil, he moved to Italy and signed a two-year contract with JuveCaserta, where he was just a backup point guard and didn’t see much playing time. In his last season abroad he averaged 4.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists. He came back to Poland in the summer of 2011, when he signed a contract with

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. In the 2011–12 season Koszarek was voted the MVP of the league and led Trefl to finals, where they lost to Asseco Prokom. Koszarek finished the season averaging 15.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. The 2012–13 season Koszarek started in

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, but after the club struggled with financial problems, he moved to Zielona Góra in the middle of the season and won his first Polish championship title playing for Stelmet. After that season he signed a multi-year contract with the club. Koszarek re-signed with the team on 20 July 2020. On 31 May 2021 he signed with Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League.

International career

Koszarek is also a member of the Polish national basketball team. He was selected to the national team for the first time at

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. He was also selected to play for the host Polish team at the EuroBasket 2009, where he ranked fifth on the team in points, fourth in rebounds, and second in assists.Poland team stats
at eurobasket2009.org He also played at

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, EuroBasket 2013,

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, and EuroBasket 2017. He was also a member of the Polish national team at Basketball World Cup 2019 in China, where he averaged 2.5 points, 0.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 14 minutes per game.

Honours

Club

;Anwil Wloclawek *

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Winner: 2007 ;Trefl Sopot * Polish Cup Winner: 2012 ;Zielona Góra * Polish PLK Champion:

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, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20 * Polish Cup Winner:

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Winner: 2015

Individual

*3×

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: 2011–12,

, 2013–14 *2× Polish Cup MVP: 2012,

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Zielona Góra Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (2021). Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being close to the Polish-German border and on several international road ...

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References

External links

Łukasz Koszarek
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