Łukasz Koszarek

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.

Łukasz Koszarek

Koszarek with Zielona Góra in December 2013
Personal information
Born	(1984-01-12) 12 January 1984 (age 41) Września, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Listed height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2006: undrafted
Playing career	2003–2023
Position	Point guard
Number	55
Career history
2003–2006	Polonia Warszawa
2006–2007	Turów Zgorzelec
2007–2009	Anwil Włocławek
2009–2011	Juvecaserta
2011–2012	Trefl Sopot
2012–2013	Asseco Prokom
2013–2021	Stelmet Zielona Góra
2021–2023	Legia Warszawa
Career highlights
5× Polish League champion (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020) 3× PLK Best Polish Player (2012–2014) 3× Polish Cup winner (2012, 2015, 2017) 2× Polish Cup MVP (2012, 2017) 2× Polish Supercup winner (2007, 2015)

Professional career

Koszarek has spent most of his career in the Polish Basketball League. He made his debut for 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

• Polish Supercup Winner: 2007

Trefl Sopot

• Polish Cup Winner: 2012

Zielona Góra

• Polish PLK Champion: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20
• Polish Cup Winner: 2015, 2017
• Polish Supercup Winner: 2015

Individual

• 3× PLK Best Polish Player: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
• 2× Polish Cup MVP: 2012, 2017

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