Jacek Wiśniewski (born 7 June 1974) is a Polish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender. Born in

Gliwice Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional cap ...

, Wiśniewski began playing football with the youth side Walce Zabrze and trained as a boxer. He played for

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 ...

Cracovia Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh cen ...

Jastrzębie and

Ruch Radzionków Ruch Radzionków is a Polish association football club based in Radzionków. The club was disaffiliated in 2012 due to financial problems and the board has decided to withdraw from the competition in season 2012/2013. Instead Ruch Radzionków pla ...

. Wiśniewski signed a 1.5-year contract with

Wisła Płock Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (''Wisła Płock S.A.''), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national foot ...

in 2008. After he retired from playing football, Wiśniewski began a

MMA Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorp ...

career. He lost to Kamil Waluś in his debut at KSW XX, on September 15, 2012.

Honours

Ruch Radzionków * II liga West: 2009–10

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* 1974 births Living people Footballers from Gliwice Polish men's footballers Polish male mixed martial artists Men's association football defenders Górnik Zabrze players Concordia Knurów players Szczakowianka Jaworzno players KS Cracovia players Wisła Płock players GKS Jastrzębie players Ruch Radzionków players Rozwój Katowice players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players IV liga players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Poland-footy-defender-stub