Maciej Zieliński (born 5 January 1971) is a Polish former professional

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player. He is known as one of the all-time greats in Polish basketball. He studied in the United States at

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. With the

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he participated at EuroBasket 1991 and

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, as the Polish national team finished seventh in both tournaments. He played vast majority of his professional career with

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, where he became a multiple Polish champion and the Polish Basketball League Most Valuable Player. After retiring from basketball, Zieliński went into politics, serving as a member of the

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in 2011, and that same year was named president of the

basketball team.

Honours

;Club career: * 8×

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champion (1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) * 5×

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(1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005) ;Individual awards: * 3× PLK Most Valuable Player (1992, 1997, 1999) * Polish League Finals MVP (1999)

References

External links

College stats
at Sports-Reference.com *

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