Marek Jan Koźmiński () (born 7 February 1971) is a Polish

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executive and former

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who played as a left-sided defender or

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Career

Club

He played for clubs such as

Hutnik Kraków Hutnik Kraków (Polish pronunciation: ) is a Polish football club based in Kraków, Poland. History The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish top-flight. The team's greatest success is a third place in the 1 ...

, Italian outfits

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...

and

Ancona Ancona (, also ; ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona, homonymous province and of the region. The city is located northeast of Ro ...

, Greek side

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

, before retiring after a stint with

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

International

He made 45 appearances for the Poland national team. Koźmiński was a participant at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, where Poland won the silver medal, and 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 ...

Career statistics

International

International goal

Honours

Poland Olympic *

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silver medal:

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Individual * Polish Newcomer of the Year: 1992

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* 1971 births Living people Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Olympic footballers for Poland Olympic silver medalists for Poland Hutnik Kraków players Udinese Calcio players Brescia Calcio players AC Ancona players PAOK FC players Górnik Zabrze players Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 2002 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Kraków Ekstraklasa players I liga players Serie A players Serie B players Super League Greece players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Polish expatriate men's footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Polish sports executives and administrators Polish football executives 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-Olympic-medalist-stub