Piotr Czesław Brożek (born 21 April 1983) is a Polish

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who plays as a

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or on the

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Club career

Born in

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

, Piotr was a product of the Polonia Białogon Kielce youth system, and moved to

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

in 1998. He made his

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

debut for Wisła Kraków on 8 September 2001, in a match against

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 ...

. During the 2004–05 Ekstraklasa season, Piotr was loaned to

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

; there he appeared in 22 games, scoring 3 goals. Brożek won the Ekstraklasa championship six times with Wisła Kraków. In January 2011, Brożek, together with his twin brother Paweł, joined Turkish

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side

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

on a -year deal for an undisclosed fee from Wisła Kraków.

International career

Piotr Brożek has played internationally 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 populous ...

, beginning with the Under-15 level and up to the national team. He made his first appearance for the

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on 8 February 2008, in a friendly match against

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Personal life

His twin brother, Paweł Brożek, is also a footballer.

Honours

Club

;Wisła Kraków *

: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09,

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Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

: 2001–02, 2002–03 *

Polish SuperCup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been pl ...

: 2001

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.''

References

External links

*
National team stats
on the website of the

Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( pl, Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej; PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the Ekstraklasa), the Polish Cup and the Polish national footb ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brozek, Piotr 1983 births Living people Footballers from Kielce Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Wisła Kraków players ŁKS Łódź players Górnik Zabrze players Trabzonspor footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Piast Gliwice players Ekstraklasa players Süper Lig players Polish twins Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey