Hieronim Barczak
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Hieronim Barczak is a Polish
footballer
most noted for his captaincy of Lech Poznań
. He also played internationally for the Poland national football team
. Barczak was generally a left defender.
His football career started in 1967 at Polonia Poznań, before moving to Lech Poznań
, for which he played fourteen seasons, most of it with an honour of team's captain. He played in 367 matches (including 167 consecutive appearances), scoring one goal, the former of which is still a club record. Upon completion of these fourteen seasons, he moved to FF Soedertaelje in 1986, before his retirement from professional football in 1988.
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
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
most noted for his captaincy of Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
. He also played internationally for the Poland national football team
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
. Barczak was generally a left defender.
His football career started in 1967 at Polonia Poznań, before moving to Lech Poznań
Lech Poznan
Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
, for which he played fourteen seasons, most of it with an honour of team's captain. He played in 367 matches (including 167 consecutive appearances), scoring one goal, the former of which is still a club record. Upon completion of these fourteen seasons, he moved to FF Soedertaelje in 1986, before his retirement from professional football in 1988.