Łukasz Koszarek

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Łukasz Koszarek
Legia Warszawa
Career highlights and awards

Łukasz Koszarek (born 12 January 1984) is a Polish former professional basketball player for. He was a 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) point guard.

Professional career

Koszarek has spent most of his career in the

Polonia Warbud Warszawa in 2003–04, seeing limited action off the bench for the team. However, the following year, he saw significantly more action, averaging 11.6 points and 4.8 assists per game in leading the team to a third-place finish in the league.[1]

In 2008–09 season, he averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 assists per game for fourth-place

Anwil Włocławek.[2] After a successful season in Anwil, he moved to Italy and signed a two-year contract with JuveCaserta, where he was just a backup point guard and didn’t see much playing time. In his last season abroad he averaged 4.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists.[3]

He came back to Poland in the summer of 2011, when he signed a contract with Trefl Sopot. In the 2011–12 season Koszarek was voted the MVP of the league and led Trefl to finals, where they lost to Asseco Prokom. Koszarek finished the season averaging 15.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game.[4]

The 2012–13 season Koszarek started in

Asseco Prokom, but after the club struggled with financial problems, he moved to Zielona Góra in the middle of the season and won his first Polish championship title playing for Stelmet. After that season he signed a multi-year contract with the club.[5] Koszarek re-signed with the team on 20 July 2020.[6]

On 31 May 2021 he signed with

Legia Warszawa of the Polish Basketball League.[7]

International career

Koszarek is also a member of the

Polish national basketball team.[8] He was selected to the national team for the first time at EuroBasket 2007. He was also selected to play for the host Polish team at the EuroBasket 2009, where he ranked fifth on the team in points, fourth in rebounds, and second in assists.[9]

He also played at EuroBasket 2011, EuroBasket 2013, EuroBasket 2015, and EuroBasket 2017.

He was also a member of the Polish national team at Basketball World Cup 2019 in China,[5] where he averaged 2.5 points, 0.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 14 minutes per game.

Honours

Club

Anwil Wloclawek
Trefl Sopot
Zielona Góra

Individual

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13
Asseco Prokom
 10 9 29.9 .420 .366 .903 2.9 4.0 1.1 .1 11.1 11.6
2013–14
Zielona Góra
 10 10 31.3 .378 .314 .857 3.8 5.8 .4 .1 8.5 8.9
Career 20 19 30.6 .398 .342 .895 3.4 4.9 .8 .1 9.8 10.2

References

  1. ^ Player Profile at basketpedya.com
  2. ^ "Kiến Thức Bóng Rổ, Cá Độ Bóng Rổ Thabet -".
  3. ^ "2010–11 Stats – Pepsi Caserta". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. ^ PLK.PL. "Koszykówka – Polska Liga Koszykówki". Koszykówka – Polska Liga Koszykówki (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. ^ a b "Łukasz Koszarek – Best Polish Point Guard in History". KodBonusowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. ^ "Lukasz Koszarek re-signs with Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora". Sportando. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Łukasz Koszarek zawodnikiem Legii Warszawa!". plk.pl (in Polish). May 31, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  8. ^ Player Profile at eurobasket2009.org
  9. ^ Poland team stats at eurobasket2009.org

External links

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