Krzysztof Baszkiewicz (27 October 1933 - 25 November 1993) was a Polish international footballer who played as a midfielder for

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

and

Gwardia Warsaw Gwardia Warszawa was a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948. It participated in the Polish 1st League from 1953–1960 (8 seasons), 1962–1966 (5 seasons), 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983. The ...

Biography

Baszkiewicz started his career playing football for the youth levels at OMTUR Bielany and Construction Wola, joining

in 1950. Baszkiewicz made his league debut against

Polonia Świdnica MKS Polonia Świdnica is a Polish football club based in Świdnica, Poland. The club currently plays in IV liga. History The club has had many names since its foundation on 23 July 1945. They are listed below; * 23.07.1945 – KS lub Sport ...

, scoring his first goal for the club in the same match. In total he played 40 times scoring 18 goals with Lechia before the age of 20. In 1953 he joined

, playing the next 11 seasons with the club. In total for Gwardia he played 173 times in the league, scoring 66 goals and he became the first Polish player to score in a European club competition in 1955 scoring against Djurgårdens in Sweden. At the age of 27 Baszkiewicz suffered from injuries, retiring at the age of 30 having played rarely in his final 3 seasons. Baszkiewicz played 20 times for the Poland national team scoring 4 times for his country.

References

1933 births 1993 deaths Lechia Gdańsk players Gwardia Warsaw players Polish footballers Footballers from Warsaw Association football forwards Poland international footballers {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub