Radosław Matusiak (; born 1 January 1982) is a

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who most recently played for

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football club based in Łódź. The club was founded in 1910. Its official colours are red and white, hence their nicknames ''Czerwona Armia'' (Red Army) and ''Czerwono-biało-czerwoni'' (Red-white-reds). History ...

Career

Club

Matusiak's contribution at the senior national team level caught the eyes of a handful of clubs in Europe during the winter transfer window. Speculation of the Polish striker joining Italian side

U.S. Città di Palermo Palermo Football Club, more simply known as Palermo F.C. or Palermo (; scn, Paliemmu, link=no, ), is an Italian football club based in the Sicilian city of Palermo, conventionally founded for the first time on 1 November 1900. Among the club� ...

, third-placed in the

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

league at the time, was finally realized, when on 30 January 2007 he was announced with the ''rosanero'', after having signed a 3.5-year contract with the Sicilian club worth nearly 2 million euros. After a couple of substitute appearances, Matusiak made his debut in the starting lineup on 13 May 2007 in a league match against

Ascoli Ascoli may refer to: Places in Italy *Ascoli Satriano, a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region *Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche region **Ascoli Piceno, a city which is the seat of the province above ...

, promptly scoring his first

goal. On 24 August 2007 Matusiak signed a three-year contract with an option for a fourth with Dutch side

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

. In January 2008, however, he returned to Poland, being loaned for the duration of the season 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 the summer of 2008 his contract with Heerenveen was canceled by mutual agreement. He spent the first half of the 2008–09 season pursuing interests outside of football but rejected media reports that he had retired from the sport. On 23 December 2008 he signed with

, and since 21 August 2009 he has played for

Cracovia Krakow {{Short description, Sports club based in Kraków Cracovia is a multi-sports club in Kraków, Poland. Its teams include: *MKS Cracovia Miejski Klub Sportowy Cracovia Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known simply as MKS Cracovia or Cracovia ...

, signing a two-year contract. On 18 January 2011 he signed a contract with

Asteras Tripoli Asteras Tripolis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, G ...

. After that unlucky period in Greece, in February 2012 he returned to his old club –

. He became a free agent at the end of the 2011–12 season.

International

Matusiak was part of the Polish U-16 team which placed second at Euro U-16 Cup in 1999. In 2006, he got his first senior international cap. He got his first senior goal on 6 September 2006 in a

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qualifier against

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. On 15 November he also scored the only goal in a qualification match against

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in Brussels, keeping alive his country's hopes of qualifying.

Poland Goals

References

External links

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National team stats on pzpn.pl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matusiak, Radoslaw 1982 births Living people Polish footballers Wisła Kraków players GKS Bełchatów players Wisła Płock players ŁKS Łódź players Palermo F.C. players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Italy SC Heerenveen players MKS Cracovia (football) players Widzew Łódź players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Greece Eredivisie players Serie A players Ekstraklasa players Super League Greece players Polish expatriate footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Poland international footballers Poland youth international footballers Footballers from Łódź Association football forwards