Daniel Sikorski (born 2 November 1987) is an Austrian

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who plays as a striker for

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the Tsirion Stadium. ...

. Besides Austria, he has played in Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Romania, Cyprus, and Spain.

Club career

Sikorski was born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, Poland. After spending his youth career at SV Waidhofen and

SKN St. Pölten Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten currently play in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian footbal ...

in Austria, he joined the

reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

in 2005. In August 2007, Sikorski trained with the Bayern Munich first-team squad. On 12 March 2010, Sikorski announced that he will leave Bayern Munich at the end of the 2009–10 season. On 23 June 2010, he signed a two-year contract with Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

club

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Poli ...

. After a successful season in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Sil ...

, on 8 June 2011 he was signed by his hometown club

Polonia Warsaw Polonia Warsaw ( pl, Polonia Warszawa, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing Varsovian sports club, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contract ...

, where he received a four-year contract. After one season, Sikorski moved to

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

International career

Sikorski played for Austria U-19, U-20 and U-21 national teams. He represented the country at the

2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2006 Final Tournament was held in Poland between 18 July and 29 July 2006. The top three teams in each group qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Players born after 1 January 1987 were allowed to parti ...

Personal life

Sikorski was born in Poland, but shortly afterwards he moved with his parents to

Waidhofen an der Thaya Waidhofen an der Thaya (; Czech: ''Český Bejdov'') is an Austrian town located on the German Thaya river in the district of the same name in Lower Austria. It is the northernmost of the capitals of the Districts of Austria. Population Twin ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. His father Witold was also a professional footballer, who spent playing eight years for

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

and for numerous other clubs in Poland, Sweden and Austria. Sikorski holds both Austrian and Polish citizenship.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sikorski, Daniel Living people 1987 births Footballers from Warsaw Association football forwards Austrian footballers Austrian expatriate footballers Polish footballers Polish emigrants to Austria FC Bayern Munich II players Górnik Zabrze players Polonia Warsaw players Wisła Kraków players FC St. Gallen players category:SV Ried players FC Khimki players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players Pafos FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players CD Guijuelo footballers Aris Limassol FC players Regionalliga players 3. Liga players Ekstraklasa players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Russian First League players Liga I players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Segunda División B players Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Spain Austria youth international footballers Austria under-21 international footballers