• Celtic rumours: JVoH, Cox, Fortune and Kamara

  Vital Football - Found Jun. 25, 2009 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has attracted the interest of Greek club Larissa, who are looking for a replacement for former Bhoy Maciej Zurawski.

• Moon inspires Panathinaikos to victory

  SuperSport - Found May. 20, 2009 Larissa squandered several early chances after a promising start, with Moon clearing a shot from Maciej Zurawski off the line.

• Panathinaikos beats Larissa, AEK defeats PAOK

  Hamilton Spectator - Found May. 20, 2009 Larissa squandered several early chances after a promising start, with Moon clearing a shot from Maciej Zurawski off the line.

• 'Celtic-minded' job candidates to the fore on early short-list THOSE ...

  The Scotsman - Found May. 25, 2009 INS Artur Boruc (£800,000, Legia Warsaw) Maciej Zurawski (£2.2m, Wisla Krakow) Shunsuke Nakamura (£2.7m, Reggina) Mo Camara (free...

• 'Celtic-minded' job candidates to the fore on early short-list

  The Scotsman - Found May. 25, 2009 INS Artur Boruc (£800,000, Legia Warsaw) Maciej Zurawski (£2.2m, Wisla Krakow) Shunsuke Nakamura (£2.7m, Reggina) Mo Camara (free...

• Gordon Strachan spent his last sabbatical conquering a fear of ...

  Glasgow Herald - Found May. 25, 2009 8 2006 Scottish Premier League Celtic romp to the biggest winning margin in SPL history with Maciej Zurawski grabbing four goals and even Neil...

• Gordon Strachan spent his last sabbatical conquering a fear of ...

  Glasgow Herald - Found May. 25, 2009 8 2006 Scottish Premier League Celtic romp to the biggest winning margin in SPL history with Maciej Zurawski grabbing four goals and even Neil...

• Celtic scorn reports that Franciscek Smuda will take over

  The Times - Found May. 18, 2009 ... who is now an agent in Poland, was used by Strachan to smooth the transfer deal that took Maciej Zurawski from Wisla Krakow in 2005, along...

• Crew: Last-place champs

  Columbus Dispatch - Found May. 25, 2009 The Crew, unsuccessful in its bids to acquire proven scorers Brian McBride and Maciej Zurawski in recent years, could use a goal producer...

• Last-place champs

  Columbus Dispatch - Found May. 24, 2009 The Crew, unsuccessful in its bids to acquire proven scorers Brian McBride and Maciej Zurawski in recent years, could use a goal producer...

Maciej Żurawski
Personal information
Date of birth	September 11, 1976 (1976-09-11) (age 32)
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker Second striker
Club information
Current club	Omonia Nicosia
Number	9
Youth career
1982-1994	Warta Poznań
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1998-1999 1999-2005 2005-2008 2008-2009 2009-	Warta Poznań Lech Poznań Wisła Kraków Celtic Larissa Omonia Nicosia	058 0 (5) 056 0(19) 153 (101) 055 0(22) 038 0(15)
National team2
1998-	Poland	072 0(17)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 27, 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of March 7, 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Maciej Żurawski ([ˈmatɕɛj ʐuˈrafski]; born September 12, 1976 in Poznań, Poland) is a striker who currently plays for Omonia Nicosia. His favoured position is second striker. Żurawski has appeared 72 times and scored 17 goals for Poland. He has been considered the best Polish attacker and one of the best Polish national team players. Żurawski has also been elected the best Ekstraklasa player many times.

Maciej Żurawski has scored 120 goals in Polish Ekstraklasa (11th result in history) and has been the top goalscorer twice.¹²

Club career

Wisła Kraków

Żurawski when he was Wisła Kraków player

He made his debut for Wisła Kraków in Ekstraklasa on 2 November 1999 in a match against ŁKS Łódź.³ On 4 March 2000 he scored his first goal for Wisla in the Ekstraklasa in a match against Odra Wodzisław.⁴ He won the Ekstraklasa championship in 2000–01 season with Wisła Kraków.⁵ In 2001–02 season Maciej Żurawski scored 21 goals in 27 matches and was the Ekstraklasa Top Goalscorer. In 2002–03 season Żurawski played very well in UEFA Cup, where he scored 10 goals in 10 matches, including 7 goals in matches against Parma F.C., FC Schalke 04 and S.S. Lazio.⁶ When Kamil Kosowski left Wisła Kraków, Maciej Żurawski has been chosen new Wisła Kraków captain. In 2003–04 season Żurawski scored 20 goals in 26 matches and led Wisła Kraków to achieve the Ekstraklasa title. He was the Ekstraklasa Top Goalscorer in 2003–04 season. In 2004-05 he won his fourth Ekstraklasa title with Wisła Kraków. In this season he scored 24 goals in 25 matches for Wisła in Ekstraklasa.⁷

Celtic

Żurawski playing for Celtic

He joined Celtic F.C. from Wisła Kraków in July 2005 and signed a three-year contract. He inherited the number 7 shirt from Juninho (previously with Henrik Larsson), and was nicknamed "Magic" by the fans.

On 19 February 2006, Żurawski scored four goals as Celtic set a new Scottish Premier League record by beating Dunfermline Athletic F.C. 8-1 at East End Park. Żurawski was subsequently voted the SPL player of the month for February.⁸

After the World Cup, Żurawski suffered a loss of form and was subsequently dropped from the first team. After the signings of Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Scott McDonald, Ben Hutchinson, Chris Killen and Georgios Samaras, Żurawski's time at Celtic was ultimately over.

Larissa

On the deadline day of the 2008 winter transfer window he was signed by the Greek side AEL Larissa for £500,000. He scored a goal in his Greek league debut - Larissa beat AEK Athens F.C. 1-0. Żurawski was Larissa's top scorer for 2008-2009 season with 9 goals.

Omonoia Nicosia

On Tuesday 2nd of June 2009, it was announced that Maciej Zurawski signed for Cypriot League runner-up Omonoia Nicosia

International career

World Cup 2002

Zurawski was selected in the 23-man Polish squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals in Korea&Japan. He played in all three games and missed a penalty in the match against USA (won by Poland 3-1).

World Cup 2006

He was selected in the 23-man Polish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. His side finished third in the group and were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing to hosts Germany and a determined Ecuador before defeating Costa Rica. Zurawski did not score in any of the three matches.

Euro 2008

Zurawski was named as Captain in Poland's Euro 2008 squad, starting their first game against Germany on June 8 but later got injured and was substituted at half time. This injury meant that he would miss the rest of the tournament and the captaincy was given to Jacek Bąk and Michał Żewłakow for the second and third group stage matches.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 February 2002	Limassol, Cyprus	Faroe Islands	2-1	Win	Friendly
2.	10 February 2002	Limassol, Cyprus	Faroe Islands	2-1	Win	Friendly
3.	18 May 2002	Warsaw, Poland	Estonia	1-0	Win	Friendly
4.	21 August 2002	Szczecin, Poland	Belgium	1-1	Draw	Friendly
5.	16 November 2003	Płock, Poland	Serbia and Montenegro	4-3	Win	Friendly
6.	18 August 2004	Poznań, Poland	Denmark	1-5	Loss	Friendly
7.	4 September 2004	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	3-0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
8.	8 September 2004	Chorzów, Poland	England	1-2	Loss	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
9.	13 October 2004	Cardiff, Wales	Wales	3-2	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
10.	9 February 2005	Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland	Belarus	1-3	Loss	Friendly
11.	30 March 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Northern Ireland	1-0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
12.	29 May 2005	Szczecin, Poland	Albania	1-0	Win	Friendly
13.	4 June 2005	Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	3-0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
14.	3 September 2005	Chorzów, Poland	Austria	3-2	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
15.	7 September 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Wales	1-0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
16.	28 March 2007	Kielce, Poland	Armenia	1-0	Win	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A
17.	27 May 2008	Reutlingen, Germany	Albania	1-0	Win	Friendly

Statistics

(correct as of May 24, 2009)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maciej Żurawski

• Maciej Żurawski career stats at Soccerbase
• Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
• National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)

v • d • e Poland squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Dudek • 2 Kłos • 3 Zieliński • 4 Michał Żewłakow • 5 Rząsa • 6 Hajto • 7 Świerczewski • 8 Kucharski • 9 Kryszałowicz • 10 Kałużny • 11 Olisadebe • 12 Majdan • 13 Głowacki • 14 Marcin Żewłakow • 15 Wałdoch • 16 Murawski • 17 A. Bąk • 18 Krzynówek • 19 Żurawski • 20 J. Bąk • 21 Koźmiński • 22 Matysek • 23 Sibik • Coach: Engel

v • d • e Poland squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Boruc • 2 Jop • 3 Gancarczyk • 4 Baszczyński • 5 Kosowski • 6 Bąk • 7 Sobolewski • 8 Krzynówek • 9 Żurawski • 10 Szymkowiak • 11 Rasiak • 12 Kuszczak • 13 Mila • 14 Żewłakow • 15 Smolarek • 16 Radomski • 17 Dudka • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Bosacki • 20 Giza • 21 Jeleń • 22 Fabiański • 23 Brożek • Coach: Janas

v • d • e Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Boruc • 2 Jop • 3 Wawrzyniak • 4 Golański • 5 Dudka • 6 Bąk • 7 Smolarek • 8 Krzynówek • 9 Żurawski • 10 Garguła • 11 Saganowski • 12 Kowalewski • 13 Wasilewski • 14 Żewłakow • 15 Pazdan • 16 Piszczek • 17 Łobodziński • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Murawski • 20 Guerreiro • 21 Zahorski • 22 Fabiański • 23 Kokoszka • Coach: Beenhakker