Michał Żewłakow
With Legia Warsaw in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michał Żewłakow | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Warsaw, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Center back, Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1988 | Drukarz Warsaw | ||
| 1988–1990 | Marymont Warsaw | ||
| 1990–1995 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Polonia Warsaw | 11 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Hutnik Warszawa | ||
| 1996–1998 | Polonia Warsaw | 89 | (6) |
| 1998–1999 | Beveren | 24 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Mouscron | 91 | (4) |
| 2002–2006 | Anderlecht | 94 | (3) |
| 2006–2010 | Olympiakos | 87 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Ankaragücü | 19 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Legia Warsaw | 44 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2011 | Poland | 102 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 June 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2010 |
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Michał Żewłakow (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ʐɛvˈwakɔf], born 22 April 1976) is a former Polish footballer defender who used to captain the Polish national football team and is its most capped player ever.
Born in Warsaw in April 1976, Żewłakow spent eight years with Polonia Warsaw and broke into the first team in 1996–97.
He was loaned to Belgium's KSK Beveren in October 1998 before signing – together with his twin brother Marcin – for R. Excelsior Mouscron for a combined fee of €485,000. Żewłakow went on to become a key player, helping the club reach the 2002 Belgian Cup final.
After following coach Hugo Broos to RSC Anderlecht, in his second season he made his UEFA Champions League debut as Anderlecht wrested back the Belgian title from Club Brugge KV. The next season he lost his place but regained it in 2005–06 as Anderlecht won the league again.
In the summer 2006, he moved to Olympiacos on a free transfer.
At the end of the 2009–10 season, Olympiacos gave him a low offer, so he preferred not to renew his contract. On 16 June 2010 Ankaragücü signed the Polish international left-back on a free transfer from Olympiakos Piraeus.
In June 2011, he joined Polish club Legia Warsaw on a one-year contract.
Poland's first-choice left-back during qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Żewłakow was the only player to appear in all ten of his country's qualifying matches. He played in two games at the 2002 World Cup and was a regular in qualifying for UEFA EURO 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, where he again appeared three times in the finals in Germany.
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