Damian Gorawski (born 4 January 1979) is a Polish former

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who played as a right winger.

Club career

Gorawski was born in

Ruda Śląska Ruda Śląska (formerly ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of two million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica Rive ...

. He played for Ruch Chorzów,

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. ...

and

FC Moscow :''This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.'' FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian ...

.Gorawski graczem FK Moskwa
01.2005, sport.pmedia.pl Though the fee transferring him to the Russian side was never made public, it was assumed to be around $1.9 million.

International career

Gorawski has appeared 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 populou ...

14 times, scoring once. He was named for the 23-men Polish squad for the

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finals held in

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, but was subsequently dropped in favor of

Bartosz Bosacki Bartosz Bosacki (born 20 December 1975) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. International career On 22 May 2006, Paweł Janas called up Bosacki for the 2006 World Cup as a replacement for Damian Gorawski, a ...

having failed medical tests after being diagnosed with severe

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International goals

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* * Living people 1979 births Footballers from Ruda Śląska Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Ruch Chorzów players Wisła Kraków players FC Moscow players Russian Premier League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players Górnik Zabrze players Poland men's international footballers {{poland-footy-midfielder-stub