Jakub Świerczok

Jakub Świerczok ([ˈjakub ˈɕfjɛrt͡ʂɔk]; born 28 December 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Polish Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice on loan from Ludogorets Razgrad.[1]

Jakub Świerczok
Personal information
Full name Jakub Świerczok
Date of birth (1992-12-28) 28 December 1992
Place of birth Tychy, Poland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
Piast Gliwice
Number 70
Youth career
2002–2003 MOSM Tychy
2003–2006 MK Górnik Katowice
2006 MOSM Tychy
2007 Cracovia
2008 SMS Kraków
2008–2009 Cracovia
2009–2011 Polonia Bytom
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Polonia Bytom 18 (12)
2012–2015 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 (0)
2012–2015 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 23 (8)
2012–2013Piast Gliwice (loan) 1 (0)
2015 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 15 (4)
2015–2016 Górnik Łęczna 31 (7)
2016–2017 GKS Tychy 30 (16)
2017–2018 Zagłębie Lubin 21 (16)
2018– Ludogorets Razgrad 59 (24)
2020–Piast Gliwice (loan) 11 (8)
National team
2011 Poland U20 1 (1)
2012 Poland U21 3 (0)
2017– Poland 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2018

Club career

Born in Tychy, Świerczok began his career at Polonia Bytom. After scoring 12 goals in 18 matches in the I liga, he joined Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a three-and-a-half-year contract in January 2012.[2]

On 16 June 2017, Świerczok signed a contract with Zagłębie Lubin.[3] He was a member of Zagłębie's squad for half season, scoring 17 goals in 25 games in all competition.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 19 January 2018, Świerczok completed a move to Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad for €1 million on a long-term contract.[4] He made his debut for the team on 15 February 2018 in a Europa League Round of 32 match against Italian grand Milan.[5] At the end of the week he completed his First League debut against Botev Plovdiv.[6] His debut goal came on 23 March 2018 in a league match against Etar.[7] On 6 April 2018, coming as a substitute, he helped his team to take the title derby against CSKA Sofia by scoring 2 goals for the 3–2 win.[8]

International career

Świerczok's first experience of international football came in 2011 with Poland U20.[9] In 2012, he made three appearances for the Poland U21.

On 3 November 2017, Świerczok was called up to the Poland senior team for the first time, for their friendlies with Uruguay and Mexico.[10] He made his debut on 10 November against Uruguay, replacing Kamil Wilczek for the final 23 minutes.[11]

Personal life

In March 2020, Świerczok and his girlfriend helped out a 73-year-old woman who had fainted near her home in Razgrad, by moving her away from the road and calling the medical emergency services.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 July 2020[1]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Polonia Bytom 2011–12 I liga 1812001812
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2011–12 Bundesliga 600060
1. FC Kaiserslautern II 2011–12 Regionalliga 9393
2013–14 4242
2014–15 103103
Total 238000000238
Piast Gliwice (loan) 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 102030
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2014–15 15400154
Górnik Łęczna 2015–16 31710327
GKS Tychy 2016–17 I liga 3016103116
Zagłębie Lubin 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 2116412517
Ludogorets Razgrad 2017–18 First League 127002000147
2018–19 25111295103618
2019–20 21621125003512
Total 5824332310108537
Career total 20387114231010238101

    Honours

    Club

    Ludogorets

    References

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