Mariusz Lewandowski (; born 18 May 1979) is a Polish football manager and a former player. He currently manages Polish

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side

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. He was mostly a

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and could also play as a

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. He spent the majority of his club career with Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, with whom he won the UEFA Cup, five Ukrainian Premier League titles and 3 Ukrainian Cups. In 2009, he was named Polish Footballer of the Year.

Club career

Born in Legnica, Lewandowski started his career with Polish club

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in 1996. After a short time in Dyskobolia Grodzisk, he was bought by

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club

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

in 2001. For nine seasons, Lewandowski was an integral part of the team, which won 5 Ukrainian Championships and 3 Ukrainian Cups during his spell in Donetsk. On 20 May 2009, he played in the final of the

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against

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, with Shakhtar claiming the trophy. In July 2010, he signed with fellow Ukrainian Premier League side PFC Sevastopol. On 27 November 2013, he left the Crimean club. On 24 September 2014, after remaining a free agent for 10 months, he announced his retirement.

International career

He was named in the 23-man Poland's 2006 World Cup squad held in Germany. He was also a member of the Poland squad at

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. After

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took over the national team in 2009, he stopped playing for

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. He was however, called up by

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in October 2013 for the matches against

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and

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in the qualification campaign for the

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Club

Shakhtar Donetsk *

: 2008–09 *

: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10 *

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: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2007–08 *

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: 2005,

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, 2010

Individual

's All-Time XI * Polish Player of the Year: 2009

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewandowski, Mariusz 1979 births Living people Polish footballers Zagłębie Lubin players Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players UEFA Cup winning players FC Sevastopol players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Poland international footballers Polish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ukraine People from Legnica UEFA Euro 2008 players Ekstraklasa players Ukrainian Premier League players Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Polish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Association football defenders Polish football managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers Zagłębie Lubin managers Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza managers Radomiak Radom managers