Jerzy Dudek
Dudek in 2007
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jerzy Dudek | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Rybnik, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1991 | Górnik Knurów | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1995 | Concordia Knurów | 119 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Sokół Tychy | 15 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Feyenoord | 139 | (0) |
| 2001–2007 | Liverpool | 127 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Real Madrid | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 402 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2013 | Poland | 60 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jerzy Dudek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈdudɛk]; born 23 March 1973) is a Polish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful spells in the Netherlands and England, winning the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005 and appearing in 186 official games for the club over the course of six seasons. He also spent four years at Real Madrid.
Dudek played 60 times for Poland – the second most-capped player in his position for several years – representing the nation at the 2002 World Cup.
Born in Rybnik, Dudek began playing football at twelve for Górnik Knurów. Six years later, he made his senior debuts with Concordia Knurów in the third division, where he set a record of 416 minutes without conceding a goal.
Dudek only played one season in the Polish top flight, appearing in roughly half of the matches for Sokół Tychy as the club finished in mid-table, making his first appearance in the competition against Legia Warsaw.
Dudek left his country in 1996 at the age of 23, joining Feyenoord, but had to wait a year before he made his debut, proceeding to appear in all Eredivisie games in the following four seasons combined. He won his first trophy in 1998–99 – the national championship – along with the following campaign's Dutch Super Cup, after a 3–2 win against AFC Ajax.
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