Sławomir Peszko

Sławomir Konrad Peszko ([swaˈvɔmir ˈpɛʂkɔ] (listen); born 19 February 1985) is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wieczysta Kraków.

Sławomir Peszko
Peszko playing for Poland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Sławomir Konrad Peszko[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-19) 19 February 1985[2]
Place of birth Jasło, Poland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Wieczysta Kraków
Number 7
Youth career
Nafta Jedlicze
Orlen Płock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Wisła Płock 112 (22)
2008–2011 Lech Poznań 68 (11)
2011–2013 1. FC Köln 43 (2)
2012–2013 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 13 (0)
2013–2014 Parma 0 (0)
2013–2014 → 1. FC Köln (loan) 24 (3)
2014–2015 1. FC Köln 18 (0)
2015–2020 Lechia Gdańsk 100 (12)
2019 → Wisła Kraków (loan) 14 (3)
2020– Wieczysta Kraków 9 (15)
National team‡
2008–2018 Poland 44 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2018

Peszko has won championships and cup competitions in his native Poland with Wisła Płock, Lech Poznań and Lechia Gdańsk. Between 2011–2015 Peszko played abroad starting with a move to Germany with 1. FC Köln in 2011, and had short spells in England with Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Italy with Parma.

Peszko was a Polish international player for 10 years from 2008–2018 and represented Poland in the 2016 Euro’s and the 2018 World Cup.

Career history

Club career

Peszko began his career in the youth ranks of Nafta Jedlicze before moving to Orlen Płock. Here, he made his professional debut on 28 August 2002 as a substitute in a Polish Cup tie against Jagiellonka Nieszawa. He made his league debut later on during the 2002–03 season and during the following campaign became a regular starter.

With Wisła Płock, he won both the Polish Cup and Supercup in 2006 and also featured for them in the qualifying rounds of that season's UEFA Cup competition. However, Płock were relegated in 2007 and Peszko remained with them for their I Liga campaign, during which he scored 16 goals in 26 appearances.

Peszko playing for Lech Poznań in 2010

In June 2008 he returned to the top flight when he signed for Lech Poznań after his contract with Płock expired. His first season ended with him winning the Polish Cup for a second time, after he netted the only goal of the final against Ruch Chorzów. In his second season Peszko finished as the leading assist-maker in the league (with 14 assists), alongside his eight goals which helped the club win the league title.

Peszko moved to the Bundesliga in January 2011, initially signing for 1. FC Köln until the end of the season. He underwent a medical before joining the club, where it was discovered he has four kidneys.[3] His contract was extended during the season, but his first full campaign with the club proved a troubled one as the club were relegated. Shortly before the end of the season, Peszko was arrested for drunken behaviour in a taxi, which earned him a €25,000 fine and saw him expelled from the Köln squad for their next fixture.

On 9 August 2012, Peszko joined English side Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season long loan deal. Here, he reunited with his former Köln manager Ståle Solbakken.[4] In October 2012, he suffered a torn medial ligament that kept him out of action for three months.[5] His first game back after the injury was a 1–0 loss against Luton Town in the FA Cup as a substitute in the 66th minute. Two hours after the defeat, Ståle Solbakken was sacked and then Peszko was deemed surplus to requirements by Dean Saunders. The season ended with Wolves getting relegated to League One and Peszko returning to Cologne.

On 31 July 2013, it was announced that 1. FC Köln had sold Peszko to the Italian club Parma, and loaned him back until the end of the 2013–14 season.[6] After the season they got him back permanently.[7]

He joined Lechia Gdańsk in 2015, where he won the 2019 Cup and SuperCup the same year. After a final season where he made 18 appearances and scored 3 goals, in 2020 he terminated his contract due to unpaid wages.[8]

He joined amateur club on a professional contract Wieczysta Kraków on 15 June 2020.[9]

International career

Peszko made his international debut for the Polish national team on 19 November 2008 in a 3–2 friendly win against the Republic of Ireland. He scored his first goal for Poland on 17 January 2010 in a 1–3 loss to Denmark.

In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 June 2018[11]
Club Season League Domestic League Domestic Cups Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wisła Płock 2002–03[12] Ekstraklasa 4040–80
2003–04[13] 201––201
2004–05[14] 20260–262
2005–06[15] 2119220323
2006–07[16] 21294–306
2007–08[17] I liga 261610–2716
Total 112222962014328
Lech Poznań 2008–09[18] Ekstraklasa 25072103425
2009–10[19] 28820223210
2010–11[20] 15321102276
Total 681111322710121
1. FC Köln 2010–11 Bundesliga 11000–110
2011–12 32220–342
2013–14 2. Bundesliga 24320–263
2014–15 Bundesliga 18010–190
Total 85550–905
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2012–13 Championship 13030–160
Lechia Gdańsk 2015–16[21] Ekstraklasa 27210–282
2016–17[22] 29300–293
2017–18[23] 25410–264
Total 81920–839
Career total 3594750924743363

International
As of 28 June 2018[24]
Poland
YearAppsGoals
200810
200960
201091
201180
201210
201320
201420
201561
201670
201710
201810
Total442

International goals

Score and Result show Poland's goal tally first.

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result CompetitionRef
1.17 January 201080th Birthday Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Denmark
1–1
1–3
2010 King's Cup
2.29 March 2015Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland Republic of Ireland
1–0
1–1
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Wisła Płock

Lech Poznań

Lechia Gdańsk

References
  1. "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  2. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  3. "Euro 2016 - 24 things you didn't know about the teams". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. "Wolves sign Cologne's Poland winger Slawomir Peszko on loan". BBC Sport. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  5. "Wolves' Slawomir Peszko adds to injury list". BBC Sport. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  6. "Peszko wechselt auf Leihbasis nach Köln" [Peszko transfers on loan to Cologne] (in German). DFL. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  7. "Peszko bleibt beim 1. FC Köln" [Peszko stays at 1. FC Köln] (in German). DFL. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  8. http://www.90minut.pl/news/303/news3032353-Slawomir-Peszko-rozwiazal-kontrakt-z-Lechia.html
  9. http://www.90minut.pl/news/304/news3043367-Slawomir-Peszko-w-Wieczystej.html
  10. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  11. "Peszko, Slawomir" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  12. "Sezon 2002/03". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  13. "Sezon 2003/04". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  14. "Sezon 2004/05". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  15. "Sezon 2005/06". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  16. "Sezon 2006/07". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  17. "Sezon 2007/08". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  18. "Sezon 2008/09". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  19. "Sezon 2009/10". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  20. "Sezon 2010/11". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  21. "Sezon 2015/16". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  22. "Sezon 2016/17". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  23. "Sezon 2017/18". 90minut. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  24. "Sławomir Peszko". European Football. 14 July 2018.
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