Seweryn Gancarczyk

Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈvɛrɨn ˈdanʲɛl ɡanˈt͡sartʂɨk]; born 22 November 1981) is a professional Polish football player who plays as a left sided defender for Podlesianka Katowice.

Seweryn Gancarczyk
Personal information
Full name Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk
Date of birth (1981-11-22) 22 November 1981
Place of birth Dębica, Poland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Podlesianka Katowice
Youth career
1999 Podkarpacie Pustynia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Hetman Zamość
2003–2005 Arsenal Kyiv 20 (1)
2004 → Volyn Lutsk (loan) 19 (0)
2006–2009 Metalist Kharkiv 85 (6)
2009–2011 Lech Poznań 32 (0)
2012 ŁKS Łódź 6 (0)
2012–2015 Górnik Zabrze 62 (1)
2015–2017 GKS Tychy 40 (0)
2018–2019 Rozwój Katowice 37 (1)
2019– Podlesianka Katowice
National team
2006–2009 Poland 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:53, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

Career

Gancarczyk started to play football in his early teens, in junior teams of Podkarpacie Pustynia. After several seasons there and after a short spell at second Polish division club Hetman Zamość, Gancarczyk made his way to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, where he joined local Arsenal Kyiv. Having also briefly performed for west Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk, Gancarczyk was transferred to Metalist Kharkiv, where he has remained since, and has reached a position of vice-captain at the club.[1]

In 2007, he was voted the best left-back in Ukraine.[2]

During the winter of 2008 Gancarczyk had a try-out with Scottish giants Celtic FC, however due to an injury, he was unable to compete and so returned to Metalist.

In January 2018, Gancarczyk joined Rozwój Katowice.[3] He played for the club until the summer 2019, where he joined Podlesianka Katowice.[4]


International

Debuting for his country in 2006 in a 0:1 loss against Lithuania, the defender was named to the 23-men Poland's 2006 World Cup squad for the Cup finals in Germany.

On 14 October 2009, during Poland's last game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia, Gancarczyk scored an own goal in the 3rd minute of the game, condemning Poland to a 1–0 defeat and enabling Slovakia to qualify for the World Cup, thus he became Slovak national hero such as Juraj Janosik.

Notes
  1. Source: Metalist Kharkiv Official Website (in English)
  2. Source: Evening Times (in English)
  3. Seweryn Gancarczyk: Z przytupem zamknąłem Stadion Śląski - teraz chętnie go otworzę‚ dziennikzachodni.pl, 26 January 2018
  4. Seweryn Gancarczyk w Podlesiance!, podlesianka.katowice.pl, 19 July 2019
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