Ebi Smolarek
Smolarek with Polonia Warsaw in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Euzebiusz Smolarek | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Łódź, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker, Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Feyenoord (Youth Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV Spirit | |||
| 1993–2000 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2005 | Feyenoord | 68 | (12) |
| 2005–2007 | Borussia Dortmund | 81 | (25) |
| 2007–2009 | Racing Santander | 34 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Kavala | 15 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Polonia Warsaw | 23 | (7) |
| 2011 | → Polonia Warsaw (ME) (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Al-Khor | 10 | (3) |
| 2012 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 20 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | → Jagiellonia Białystok (ME) (loan) | 3 | (2) |
| Total | 279 | (62) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2010 | Poland | 47 | (20) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014– | Feyenoord (Youth) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2010 |
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Euzebiusz "Ebi" Smolarek (Polish pronunciation: [ɛu̯ˈzɛbjuʂ smɔˈlarɛk]; born 9 January 1981) is a former Polish footballer who is currently Youth manager at Dutch club Feyenoord.
He played primarily as a striker or winger, representing clubs in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, England, Greece, Poland and Qatar.
Smolarek played 47 times for the Polish national football team, scoring 20 goals, the joint-tenth most in the nation's history. He was part of the Polish squads at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008.
Born in Łódź, Smolarek grew up in the Netherlands, where his father, Włodzimierz Smolarek, played in the Eredivisie and later worked as a coach. Smolarek went through the Feyenoord youth system and made it all the way to the first team.
On 24 August 2007, Smolarek signed with Racing de Santander for a reported €4.8 million.
On 29 August 2008, Racing loaned Smolarek to Bolton Wanderers for the season, with a view to signing him permanently. Smolarek's debut for his new club came as the team lost 3–1 to Arsenal on 20 September 2008.
On 3 January 2009, Smolarek scored his first, and only, goal for Bolton in the FA Cup 3rd Round match away to Sunderland but at the end of the season the club decided not to make his loan permanent. On 10 August 2009 he was released by Racing.
Despite some interest from Bundesliga clubs at the start of the 2009–10 season, Smolarek signed on 14 December 2009 for Kavala F.C. until 30 June 2012. On 25 July 2010, he and the club agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent. He signed a two-year contract with Polonia Warsaw on 27 July 2010. On 29 July 2011, Smolarek agreed to cancel his contract with Polonia due to his financial expectations.
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