Mirosław Sznaucner (born 9 May 1979 in
Będzin
Będzin (; also ''Bendzin'' in English; german: Bendzin; yi, בענדין, Bendin) is a city in the Dąbrowa Basin, in southern Poland. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Czarna Przemsza River (a tributary of the Vistula). Even though pa ...
) 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 ...
who played as a
defender. He is currently the assistant coach for the Greek club
Panserraikos
Panserraikos Football Club ( el, Πανσερραϊκός 1964), the ''All-Serres Football Club'', is a Greece, Greek Association football, football club based in Serres in Central Macedonia, Greece. Panserraikos is one of the most important and ...
.
Career
Club
His playing career began in 1996, at the age of 17, from Pogon. In 1999 he transferred to
GKS Katowice
GKS Katowice (; GKS stands for , "Miners Sporting Club") is a Polish football club based in Katowice, Poland. The club currently plays in the I liga, after having won promotion in 2021.
History
In 1963 in Katowice a special organizational co ...
, where he stayed for four years. In 2003, he joined
Iraklis, where he played for the next four years. At the end of his contract, in 2007, he then joined
PAOK, where he stayed until 2012, making 120 appearances for the club.
He usually plays as a side back, either on the left or the right, but can occasionally play as a center-back: a very valuable player, able to giving solutions when needed.
International
He has also played for
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
twice, but has not managed to break into first team options and was not present in the last big tournaments.
Managerial career
Miroslav Sznaucner joined PAOK in 2014 as a coach. He was then called to take over the technical leadership of PAOK's newly formed Under-16 side and continued with the Under-20s. He was then promoted to the first team before then returning to the Under-19s to work alongside
Pablo García, with whom they have already celebrated three league titles.
Personal
His son elder son
Max played for
PAOK B
PAOK FC B ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ Β, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών , '' Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón'', "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club ...
, and the younger Leon for PAOK Academies.
Maximilian Snaoutsner paokfc.gr
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Career statistics
Club
Honours
Club
PAOK
* Superleague Greece: Runner-up 2009–2010
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Polish men's footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Polish expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
PAOK FC players
Iraklis F.C. (Thessaloniki) players
GKS Katowice players
Ekstraklasa players
Super League Greece players
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
People from Będzin
Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship
Veria F.C. players
PAOK FC non-playing staff
Polish people of German descent