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	Forward
Club information
Current club	Larissa
Number	79
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990-1997 1997-2000 2000-2005 2005-2008 2008-	Warta Poznań Lech Poznań Wisła Kraków Celtic Larissa	?21 00(0) 046 0(19) 153 (101) 055 0(22) 014 00(6)
National team2
2000-	Poland	070 0(17)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 4, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23:58, 29 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Maciej Żurawski (pron. IPA: [ˈmatɕɛj ʐuˈrafski]; born September 12, 1976 in Poznań, Poland) is a striker who currently plays for AEL Larissa. His favoured position is second striker. Żurawski has appeared 70 times and scored 17 goals for Poland.

Club career

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). He was voted Polish player of the year in 2002 and scored 15 goals in season 2004-2005 at Kraków.

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.¹

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.

Wisła Kraków will try to get him back during the 2009 winter transfer window.²

International career

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maciej Żurawski

• Maciej Żurawski career stats at Soccerbase
• Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
• Player statistics on igol.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

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