Mirosław Wojciech Trzeciak (born 11 April 1968),

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who played as a striker.

Football career

Trzeciak was born in

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. During his career, Trzeciak, a

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trainee, also represented Lech Poznań – two different spells – BSC Young Boys ( Switzerland),

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(

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, for a few months),

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ice ...

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and Polideportivo Ejido (both in

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). In the latter country his

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totals consisted of ten matches during the 2000–01 season, spent with the former side. The best years of Trzeciak's career were spent in Lech Poznań, where he won three leagues, one

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and one supercup. For eight years he was also a Poland international (22

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, eight goals), but his best period arrived towards the end, during the

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era (1997–99). After his football career was over, Trzeciak stayed in

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with former club Poli Ejido, coaching its junior teams. Subsequently he became a sports commentator in Poland and, in January 2007, he began working as director of sport development for Legia Warsaw.

International goals

Honours

Lech Poznań *

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: 1989–90, 1991–92,

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: 1987–88 *

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: 1990, 1992 ŁKS Łódź *Ekstraklasa: 1997–98 Individual *Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1996–97

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trzeciak, Miroslaw 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Koszalin Footballers from West Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ekstraklasa players Lech Poznań players ŁKS Łódź players Swiss Super League players BSC Young Boys players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players La Liga players Segunda División players CA Osasuna players Polideportivo Ejido footballers Poland men's international footballers Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Polish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain