Krzysztof Ratajczyk (born 9 November 1973 in
Poznań
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) is a Polish
football
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defender.
Club career
He started his career at Warta Poznań. After five years at
Legia Warsaw
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, he moved to
Rapid Wien in 1996, where he was most successful. He was very popular , especially because of his hard style to play (for example: he knocked an opponent forward into the third seat row in a pre-season match) and became captain of the side.
Although Rapid renewed his contract despite many long-term injuries, Ratajczyk moved in 2002 (as skipper of the team) to bitter rivals
Austria Wien
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. As a result of this "betrayal", feelings ran high and he was beaten down by four Rapid Fans.
Ratajczyk joined Mattersburg in 2005, where he spent two years. In January 2008 he had no contract until the Red Zac league
SC Schwanenstadt
SC Schwanenstadt was an Austrian football club from Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria.
The club was founded on 16 March 1946, it achieved promotion to the Landeliga (IV) in 2000 and to the Regionalliga Mitte one year later, where in 2005 they won t ...
offered him one. After Schwanenstadt's demise, he moved to FAC Team für Wien in the ''Regionalliga''.
International career
He made his debut for
Poland
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in an August 1994 friendly match against
Belarus
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and went on to earn 16 caps, scoring 3 goals.
Honours
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Polish League (2):
** 1994, 1995
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Polish Cup (2):
** 1994, 1995
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Austrian Football Bundesliga
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(1):
** 2003
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Austrian Cup
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(2):
** 2003, 2005
External links
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Player profile- Austria Archive
- Rapid Archive
1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Poznań
Polish footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Warta Poznań players
Legia Warsaw players
SK Rapid Wien players
FK Austria Wien players
SV Mattersburg players
SC Schwanenstadt players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Men's association football defenders
Floridsdorfer AC players
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