Krzysztof Warzycha
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Krzysztof Warzycha | ||
| Date of birth | November 17, 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Katowice, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ruch Chorzów (Head Coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1989 | Ruch Chorzów | 167 | (66) |
| 1989–2004 | Panathinaikos | 390 | (245) |
| 1983–2004 | Total | 557 | (311) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1988–1997 | Poland | 50 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | Panathinaikos (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Egaleo | ||
| 2012 | Fokikos | ||
| 2013–2014 | Kallithea | ||
| 2014–2015 | Fostiras | ||
| 2015–2016 | Omonia (assistant) | ||
| 2017– | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 2004. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of end of 1997 |
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Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf vaˈʐɨxa]; Greek: Κριστόφ Βαζέχα) (born November 17, 1964 in Katowice) is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos.
Krzysztof Warzycha played for the Polish team KS Ruch Chorzów, won the Polish Championship in 1989 and was the top scorer in the Polish premier league the same year.
Krzysztof Warzycha joined Panathinaikos in December 1989, and won 5 Greek championships (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004), 5 Greek cups (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004), 2 Greek super cups 1993, 1994, while he was the highest scorer of the Greek championship 3 times (1994, 1995, 1998).
He is Panathinaikos' all-time leading goalscorer and an idol for the club. Warzycha is considered by many to be one of the best foreign players who have played in Greece. He was one of two Poles in the title-winning side of 1995, with fellow countryman Józef Wandzik keeping over a dozen clean sheets (shutouts) during the season.
On April 3, 1996, Warzycha scored probably the most important goal of his career (according to a late interview), against Ajax Amsterdam in Amsterdam Olympic Stadium [1] and gave Ajax their first home defeat in four years, in their last home match before the demolition of the stadium.
At the end of the 2000/01 season, Warzycha had scored an incredible 235 goals in 352 matches and had been the Greek Alpha Ethniki premier league's top scorer in three different years in the 90s (1994, 1995 and 1998 seasons). His appearances in the UEFA Champions League have been no less impressive – he scored six goals in Panathinaikos' nine games on the way to the semi-finals of the 1995/96 competition. With eight goals scored in all UEFA Champions League games, Warzycha remained the best scorer of Polish nationality in this competition until the 2012-13 season, when Robert Lewandowski scored 10 times for Dortmund in Dortmund´s surprise run to the Champions League final.
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