 Smolarek with Polonia Warsaw in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Euzebiusz Smolarek[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Łódź, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker, winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV Spirit | |||
| 1993–2000 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2005 | Feyenoord | 68 | (12) |
| 2005–2007 | Borussia Dortmund | 81 | (25) |
| 2007–2009 | Racing Santander | 34 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Kavala | 15 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Polonia Warsaw | 23 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Al-Khor | 10 | (3) |
| 2012 | ADO Den Haag | 12 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 20 | (4) |
| Total | 275 | (60) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2010 | Poland | 47 | (19) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Feyenoord (youth) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Euzebiusz "Ebi" Smolarek (Polish pronunciation: [ɛu̯ˈzɛbjuʂ smɔˈlarɛk]; born 9 January 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer. He is currently the head of the Polish Union of Footballers.[2]
He played primarily as a striker or winger,[3] representing clubs in the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Spain, England, Greece, and Qatar.
Smolarek played 47 times for the Poland national football team, scoring 19 goals,[4] the joint-tenth most in the nation's history. He was part of the Polish squads at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008.
- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Euzebiusz Smolarek". laczynaspilka.pl (in Polish). 9 January 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Smolarek close to leaving for Spain". borussia-dortmund.com. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
- ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski: Biało-Czerwoni. Dzieje reprezentacji Polski (6) 2008-2015. Katowice: Wydawnictwo GiA, 2016, p. 37. ISBN 978-83-88232-48-0.