Andrzej Niedzielan (ˈand͡ʑɛj nʲɛˈdʑiɛlan) (born 27 February 1979 in Żary

Zary

Żary is a town in western Poland with about 39,900 inhabitants , situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship...

) is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 footballer who plays as a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 for Cracovia.

Early career

He began his career began in 1997, when he joined Promień Żary

Promien Zary

KS Promień Żary is a football club based in Żary, Poland.-Notable players:*Sebastian Dudek*Zbigniew Gut*Paweł Linka*Mariusz Liberda*Andrzej Niedzielan*Hubert Robaszek*Eddie Stanford*Andrzej Tychowski...

. Then he played for Zagłębie Lubin, where he did not impress. He made his Ekstraklasa debut in a 0–2 defeat to Ruch Chorzów on 23 September 1998 and on 23 October that year he scored two goals in a 3–1 victory over Stomil Olsztyn

OKS 1945 Olsztyn

OKS 1945 Olsztyn is a Polish football club based in Olsztyn, Poland. It was founded in 15 July 1945, as OKS Warmiak. The brightest era of this club were the 1990s when it played in Polish First League, as Stomil Olsztyn.- Before promotions to First League :...

. He finished the 1998–99 season with three goals in eight league appearances. After that season he was loaned to Odra Opole

Odra Opole

Odra Opole is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the Polish First League...

, and subsequently to Chrobry Głogów.

Later career

In the spring of 2001 he was transferred to Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...

 for a nominal fee. At Górnik, Andrzej Niedzielan finally found his stride. After playing for one and a half seasons he was sold to Dyskobolia Grodzisk

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski is a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland.- History :Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on April 30, 1922....

. At Dyskobolia his career took off, and after one year he received an offer from NEC. He then returned to Poland with Wisła Kraków for two seasons, and on 24 July 2009 signed a contract with Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...

. He made his debut for Ruch in a match against Wisła Kraków on 1 August 2009. On 29 August in a 2-0 victory over Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...

 he scored his first goal for Ruch. On 6 March 2010 he suffered a Zygomatic bone

Zygomatic bone

The zygomatic bone is a paired bone of the human skull. It articulates with the maxilla, the temporal bone, the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone. The zygomatic is homologous to the jugal bone of other tetrapods...

 injury.

Korona Kielce

On 2 June 2010 Niedzielan signed a two-year contract with a Ekstraklasa side Korona Kielce

Korona Kielce

Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...

. He scored his first goal on 7 August in a debut against Zagłębie Lubin. He also scored in next league matches against Widzew Łódź, Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...

, Cracovia, Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warszawa

Polonia Warsaw is a Polish sports club with football and basketball teams, founded in 1911, and is the oldest such club in Warsaw, where it is based.- History :...

, Wisła Kraków and Ruch Chorzów. After eighteen rounds he is a leading goalscorer of Ekstraklasa with ten goals.

Statistics

Season	Club	Games Played	Goals
1998–1999	Zagłębie Lubin  Poland	8	3
1999–2000	Odra Opole  Poland	22	3
2000–2001	Zagłębie Lubin  Poland	0	0
2000–2001	Chrobry Głogów  Poland	16	5
2001–2002	Zagłębie Lubin  Poland	7	1
2001–2002	Górnik Zabrze  Poland	8	3
2002–2003	Górnik Zabrze  Poland	14	15
2002–2003	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski  Poland	14	6
2003–2004	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski  Poland	12	4
2003–2004	NEC Nijmegen  Netherlands	11	3
2004–2005	NEC Nijmegen  Netherlands	27	5
2005–2006	NEC Nijmegen  Netherlands	27	10
2006–2007	NEC Nijmegen  Netherlands	22	2
2007–2008	Wisła Kraków  Poland	8	1
2008–2009	Wisła Kraków  Poland	16	0
2009–2010	Ruch Chorzów  Poland	18	7
2010–2011	Korona Kielce  Poland	22	11

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