Arkadiusz Bąk (; born 6 October 1974) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Club

Having started his professional career in the 1992–93 season, Bąk also played for

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland, having won fourteen List of Polish football champions, Polish Championship ...

Polonia Warsaw Polonia Warsaw (, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing sports club in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, best known for its Association football, football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, Swimming (sport), swimm ...

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź () is a Polish football (soccer), 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-wh ...

and

Amica Wronki Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland. The club was invariably linked to Amica, a manufacturer of white goods, predominantly stoves, which gave the club its nickname. The company's increasing profits gave the new te ...

. In 2000, he won the Polish title with Polonia. In 2008, he joined

Flota Świnoujście Flota Świnoujście () is a Polish professional football club based in Świnoujście, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, that competes in group II of the III liga. Flota, as a club, runs three sports sections: soccer, bridge and table tennis. The club ...

from

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

International

He made thirteen appearances for

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, including appearances during the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

in Japan and South Korea.

After retirement

After retiring from playing he emigrated to Norway, and works as a youth coach developing young players, and working on ski slopes in the winter.

Honours

Polonia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 1999–2000 *

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: 2000–01 * Polish League Cup: 1999–2000 Flota Świnoujście * III liga, group II: 2007–08 Individual * Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1997–98 (14 goals)

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* * 1974 births Living people People from Stargard Footballers from West Pomeranian Voivodeship Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Błękitni Stargard players Olimpia Poznań players Lechia Gdańsk players Amica Wronki players Ruch Chorzów players Polonia Warsaw players Birmingham City F.C. players Widzew Łódź players Lech Poznań players Flota Świnoujście players Ekstraklasa players II liga players English Football League players 2002 FIFA World Cup players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Polish expatriate sportspeople in England {{Poland-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub