Piotr Pawel Polczak (born 25 August 1986) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a

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. He served as the

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Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a football club based in Sosnowiec, Poland. The club was established in 1906. It won Polish Cup four times (1962, 1963, 1977, 1978), and also was four times Polish runner up (1955, 1964, 1967, 1972). Apart from footbal ...

from December 2022 to November 2023.

Club career

In February 2011, he joined Russian club

Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

on three and a half year contract. On 3 July 2017 he signed a contract with Romanian side

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent th ...

International career

He made his first appearance for the Poland national team in a friendly against

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on August 20, 2008.

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Footballers from Kraków Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Ekstraklasa players GKS Katowice players I liga players MKS Cracovia players Zagłębie Sosnowiec players Russian Premier League players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players Liga I players FC Astra Giurgiu players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Polish expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Poland-footy-defender-stub