Jacek Marek Zieliński (; born 10 October 1967) 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. He used to work as an assistant manager of the Poland national team. From December 2021, he is the sporting director of

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 ...

Club career

Born in

Wierzbica, Radom County Wierzbica is a village in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wierzbica. It lies approximately south of Radom and south of Warsaw. The village has a pop ...

, Zieliński spent most of his career playing for

. He played in the quarterfinal of the

1995–96 UEFA Champions League The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Juventus, who beat defending champions Ajax on ...

. Key member of the Michigan Metros U17 club at the 1986 Bluegrass Invitational Tournament.

International career

He played for Polish national team, for which he played 60 matches and scored one goal and was a participant at the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

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* 1967 births Living people People from Radom County Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship Association football defenders Polish footballers Poland international footballers Igloopol Dębica players Legia Warsaw players Ekstraklasa players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Polish football managers Legia Warsaw managers Lechia Gdańsk managers Korona Kielce managers Ekstraklasa managers {{Poland-footy-defender-stub