Daniel Mąka (born 30 April 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for regional league club Orzeł Parzęczew. He is also a member of 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 ...

's academy training staff.

Club career

Mąka scored his first goal in the

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 ...

on his debut, the first game of the 2008–09 campaign, which was also the first "derby" for Mąka, against Polonia's fierce rivals

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

. The match ended in a 2–2 draw. Only five games later, after coming off the bench in the 57th minute, he scored his first hat-trick against

Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom. Founded in 1920, the team won two List of Polish football champions, championships, in 1954 Ekstraklasa, 1954 and 1962 Ekstraklasa, 1962. As of the 2025–26 I liga, 2025–26 season, th ...

in a 4–0 victory. In the summer of 2010, he was loaned to

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

club Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza. He returned to Polonia one year later, but couldn't fit into first team and was later moved to reserve team. After that, he decided to cancel his agreement by mutual consent. In August 2011, he joined

on a two-year contract. On 20 January 2021, Mąka joined the

liga okręgowa The liga okręgowa (in some voivodeship named klasa okręgowa, English: regional league) is one of the tiers of the Polish football league system. The league is split into 60 groups, and is present in every voivodeship. Teams promoted from lig ...

's reserve team of

and became a member of the club's academy training staff. He signed a contract till the end of June 2021, with an option to extend it for one year if the reserves were promoted to the

IV liga IV liga (Czwarta liga) is the fifth level of the Polish football league system. The current structure of IV liga was created in the 2000–01 season after introducing the new administrative division of Poland. Groups consist most often of 18 c ...

. At the conclusion of the 2023–24 season, Mąka was released by the club as a player and received an offer to remain in the academy as a coach. On 21 March 2025, Mąka joined another regional league club Orzeł Parzęczew.

Honours

Zawisza Bydgoszcz *

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Widzew Łódź * III liga, group I: 2017–18 Widzew Łódź II * Regional league Łódź: 2020–21 Individual *

IV liga Łódź IV liga Łódź group (grupa łódzka), also known as Betcris IV liga łódzka for sponsorship reasons, is one of the groups of IV liga, the fifth level of Polish football league system. The league was created in the 2000–01 season after a new ...

top scorer: 2021–22

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* * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Warsaw Men's association football forwards Polish men's footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Polonia Warsaw players Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza players Polonia Bytom players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players GKS Tychy players Widzew Łódź players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players IV liga players 21st-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-1980s-stub