Leszek Pisz (ˈlɛʂɛk ˈpiʂ) (born 18 December 1966 in Dębica

Debica

Dębica is a town in southeastern Poland with 46,693 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since 1999 it has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it had previously been in the Tarnów Voivodeship .-Area:...

) is a former 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 midfielder

Midfielder

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History

Pisz arrived to Legia Warszawa in 1986 from Igloopol Dębica

Igloopol Dębica

Igloopol Dębica is a Polish sports club formed by the Agro-Industrial Combine "Igloopol" in 1978 in Dębica. The club had its greatest successes in the early 90s when it played for two season in the top division of Polish football. Currently the club plays in the District class of Dębica.-External...

. At first, he was a substitute but later he become a star of the team. He was known as a specialist of free kicks, scoring many goals from dead ball situations.

In 1995, Legia won the Polish Premier League and qualified to the Champions League, where they endured to the quarter finals. Pisz performed admirably in Legia's first group match against Rosenborg BK, scoring two goals, including the equalizing one for Legia with which he became the first player to score for a Polish team during the Champions League group stages

Pisz later moved to Greece, before returning to Poland and ending his career in 2002.

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