Grzegorz Rasiak
Rasiak with Warta Poznań in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Grzegorz Rasiak | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Szczecin, Poland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Olimpia Poznań | |||
| SKS 13 Poznań | |||
| MSP Szamotuły | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Warta Poznań | 20 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | GKS Bełchatów | 7 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Odra Wodzisław | 28 | (9) |
| 2001–2004 | Dyskobolia Grodzisk | 66 | (34) |
| 2004–2005 | Derby County | 41 | (18) |
| 2005–2006 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Southampton (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2006–2009 | Southampton | 65 | (24) |
| 2008 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Watford (loan) | 25 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Reading | 30 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | AEL Limassol | 17 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 12 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Lechia Gdańsk | 13 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | Warta Poznań | 25 | (12) |
| Total | 377 | (131) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2007 | Poland | 37 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Grzegorz Rasiak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡʐɛɡɔʐ ˈraɕak]) born 12 January 1979) is a Polish former professional footballer.
After starting his career in his native Poland, Rasiak moved to England with Derby County in 2004. He subsequently had a spell with Tottenham Hotspur before joining Southampton, as well as periods on loan to Bolton Wanderers and Watford, before joining Reading in August 2009. He left Reading for the Cypriot club AEL Limassol in 2010, spending a season there before returning to Poland where he remained until his retirement in 2014.
From 2002 to 2007, he played for the Poland national team, earning 37 caps, scoring 8 goals and playing at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Rasiak was born in Szczecin. In the 1996–97 season Rasiak joined second division side Warta Poznań where he spent two seasons. In 1998 he moved to First Division side GKS Bełchatów, before moving to Odra Wodzisław for the 2000–01 season. The next season he moved to the club where he first achieved a level of success, Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. In three seasons at Dyskobolia he played in 66 league matches, scoring 34 goals, forming a partnership in 2003–04 with Andrzej Niedzielan. His time at Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was when Rasiak made a breakthrough. For three seasons playing in Grodzisk played 66 matches, scoring a total of 34 goals. He worked with Andrzej Niedzielan and few attackers.
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