Radosław Cierzniak

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Radosław Cierzniak
Dundee United
in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Szamocin, Poland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Sokół Szamocin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 MSP Szamotuły
2001 Lubuszanin Drezdenko
2002 Obra Kościan
2002 Sparta Oborniki
2002
Volyn Lutsk
 0 (0)
2002 Karpaty Lviv 0 (0)
2002 Karpaty-2 Lviv 6 (0)
2003
Stomil Olsztyn
 13 (0)
2003–2004
Aluminium Konin
 29 (0)
2004–2006 Amica Wronki 36 (0)
2006 Lech Poznań 0 (0)
2007–2010 Korona Kielce 57 (0)
2011
Alki Larnaca
 21 (0)
2012
Cracovia
 1 (0)
2012–2015 Dundee United 112 (0)
2015–2016 Wisła Kraków 21 (0)
2016–2021 Legia Warsaw 23 (0)
2016–2019 Legia Warsaw II 7 (0)
International career
2009 Poland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Radosław Cierzniak (Polish pronunciation: [raˈdɔswaf ˈtɕɛʐɲak]; born 24 April 1983) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in

Stomil Olsztyn
, where he made 13 appearances.

He then joined

Odra Wodzisław
. The following season, he became the first-choice goalkeeper for the club.

In 2006 Amica Wronki merged with

Lech Poznan. Cierzniak made his Lech Poznán debut in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in a 3–1 loss against Tiraspol on 8 July 2006. However, he rarely featured in the first team as Krzysztof Kotorowski took the goalkeeping position. After six months at Lech Poznań, he joined Korona Kielce. On 28 April 2007, he made his debut in a 1–0 loss against Odra Wodzisław. Three season later, Cierzniak lost his first team place to Zbigniew Małkowski, which resulted in him leaving the club when his contract expired on 31 December 2010.[3]

On 12 January 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Cypriot club

Alki Larnaca.[4]
By the end of the season, he had made 21 appearances.

Cierzniak agreed a two-year contract with

KS Cracovia in his homeland on a three-month deal in preparation for his move to Dundee United.[6] Cierzniak made his debut for Cracovia on 23 March 2012 in a 3–1 loss against Górnik Zabrze.[7] On 2 August 2012, Cierzniak made his debut for Dundee United, in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League as United drew 2–2 draw against Russian team Dynamo Moscow[8] However, Dynamo Moscow would thrash Dundee United 5–0 in the second leg, eliminating the club from the Europa League.[9] On 5 August 2012, he made his league debut in a 3–0 win over Hibernian, where he got his first clean sheet.[10] In the next league match, a derby against Dundee, which Dundee United won 3–0, he made a double save from Nicky Riley to prevent Dundee taking an early lead. After the match, teammate Willo Flood praised Cierzniak's performance.[11] Cierzniak said he was delighted to have experienced his first ever derby.[12] Having been established as the club's first choice goalkeeper throughout the season, on 6 March 2013, Cierzniak signed a new contract at Dundee United, keeping him at the club until May 2015. Upon signing the new contract, United Manager Jackie McNamara said on the club's website: "This extension is merited because Rado has shown that he is an excellent SPL goalkeeper."[13]

International career

Cierzniak debuted for the Poland national team in a friendly versus Lithuania in February 2009.[14]

Honours

Legia Warsaw

References

  1. ^ "In "Volyn" move promising Polish goalkeeper (in Russian:В "Волынь" переедет перспективный польский голкипер)" (in Russian). UA Football. 13 August 2002. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Pieroni hat-trick fires Auxerre". uefa.com. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Goalkeeper loses crown" [Korona straci bramkarza]. sports.pl. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Radosław Cierzniak piłkarzem AS Alkí" (in Polish). 90minut. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Dundee United sign Polish goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  6. Trinity Mirror
    . 2 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  7. ^ "CRACOVIA KRAKÓW VS. GÓRNIK ZABRZE 1 - 3". Soccerway. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  8. ^ "Europa League qualifier: Dundee Utd 2 Dynamo Moscow 2". Daily Record. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Five star Russians: United crash out of Europe". Daily Record. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Dundee United 3 Hibernian 0". Daily Record. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  11. ^ "Rad to the bone: Flood hails mouthy Cierzniak after super saves". Daily Record. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Dundee United No.1 Radoslaw Cierzniak delighted to experience first-ever derby after turning out for 13 clubs". Daily Record. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak signs contract extension with Dundee United". STV. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  14. ^ "Poland-Lithuania 1:1. A Night To Forget…". World Cup Blog. 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

External links

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