Rafael Kazior ( pl, Rafał Kazior; born 7 February 1983) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a

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Career

On 12 September 2003, Kazior made his professional debut in the

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for MSV Duisburg. In May 2018, following

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's relegation from the

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, it was announced Kazior would end his career and start working as a video analyst for Werder Bremen's first team under Florian Kohfeldt.

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1983 births Living people German men's footballers German people of Polish descent Men's association football forwards MSV Duisburg players SV Wacker Burghausen players Holstein Kiel players Rot-Weiss Essen players Hamburger SV II players People from Gliwice 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players SV Werder Bremen non-playing staff {{germany-footy-forward-1980s-stub