Jarosław Piotr Araszkiewicz (born 1 February 1965 in

Szamotuły Szamotuły (, ) is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about northwest of the centre of Poznań. It is the seat of Szamotuły County and of the smaller administrative district Gmina Szamotuły. The population was 19,090 in ...

) is a Polish professional

football manager ''Football Manager'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008, is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...

and former

player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who i ...

Career

Club

He played as a striker or winger. He can be called football nomad as he had changed clubs 15 times during the course of his career. He played for such clubs as:

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 ...

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (), previously Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1 ...

, but he is best known as an icon of

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. ...

. Araszkiewicz won five league titles with Lech, five out of ten that Lech won in its history; the last title was somewhat controversial, as at the end of the season Legia Warsaw was at the top of the table, but due to match-fixing allegations the title was handed to Lech Poznań. Araszkiewicz also won the

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

with Lech twice. He began his professional career in Lech and returned later to

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

. He played 176 matches and scored 40 goals for Lech.

National team

He played 12 times for

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

Managerial career

After retiring from the playing career he was still linked to

and the surrounding area, he managed many local teams as well as those connected with Lech.

Honours

;Lech Poznań *

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 ...

: 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93 *

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 ...

: 2001–02 *

: 1983–84, 1987–88 ;Individual *Lech Poznań All-time XI

References

External links

Jarosław Araszkiewicz
at TFF.org * {{DEFAULTSORT:Araszkiewicz, Jaroslaw 1965 births Living people Footballers from Greater Poland Voivodeship Men's association football midfielders Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Lech Poznań players Bakırköyspor footballers Legia Warsaw players Pogoń Szczecin players Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski players MSV Duisburg players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan F.C. players Süper Lig players Ekstraklasa players I liga players 2. Bundesliga players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Polish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Polish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey People from Szamotuły Górnik Konin players Polish football managers Sandecja Nowy Sącz managers Kolejarz Stróże managers Olimpia Elbląg managers Warta Poznań managers Zagłębie Sosnowiec managers I liga managers II liga managers Polish football scouts Lech Poznań non-playing staff 20th-century Polish sportsmen