Marek Zieńczuk

Marek Zieńczuk (born 24 September 1978) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant manager of II liga club Olimpia Grudziądz.^[1]

Marek Zieńczuk

Personal information
Full name	Marek Zieńczuk
Date of birth	(1978-09-24) 24 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Gdańsk, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Olimpia Grudziądz (assistant)
Youth career
	Lechia Gdańsk
	Polonia Gdańsk
	Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1999	Lechia Gdańsk	108	(19)
2000–2004	Amica Wronki	122	(23)
2004–2009	Wisła Kraków	132	(34)
2009–2010	Skoda Xanthi	13	(2)
2010	Lechia Gdańsk	3	(0)
2011–2016	Ruch Chorzów	159	(16)
2017–2022	Pomorze Gdańsk
2023	Tylko Lechia Gdańsk	1	(0)
International career
2002–2008	Poland	9	(0)
Managerial career
2017–2022	Lechia Gdańsk (youth)
2019–2020	Poland U16 (assistant)
2022–2024	Lechia Gdańsk U19
2024	Chojniczanka Chojnice (assistant)
2025–	Olimpia Grudziądz (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Zieńczuk began his career at hometown club Lechia Gdańsk. Subsequently he joined Polonia Gdańsk, but quickly returned to Lechia where he made his senior debut.^[2] In 2000, he moved to Amica Wronki. Before 2004–05 season he joined Wisła Kraków. He won the Ekstraklasa championship three times with Wisła Kraków. Zieńczuk was elected the best Ekstraklasa player in the 2007–08 season by "Sport" magazine.^[3] Also, he was named to the Ekstraklasa Best XI in the 2007–08 season by other players in Polish Footballers' Association voting.^[4]

In the summer 2009, he joined Greek club Skoda Xanthi. After one season, he returned to his home country and joined Lechia Gdańsk.^[5][6] After a half season spell, he moved to Ruch Chorzów on a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[7]

International career

Zieńczuk made nine appearances for the Poland national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lechia Gdańsk	1996–97	II liga West	30	2	1	0	—		—		31	2
	1997–98	III liga, gr. II	34	9	1	0	—		—		35	9
	1998–99	II liga West	21	3	2	1	—		—		23	4
	1999–2000	II liga	23	5	2	0	—		—		25	5
	Total		108	19	6	1	—		—		114	20
Amica Wronki	1999–2000	Ekstraklasa	14	0	7	1	—		—		21	1
	2000–01	Ekstraklasa	26	1	1	0	6[b]	2	4[c]	1	37	4
	2001–02	Ekstraklasa	28	6	8	1	—		2[d]	1	38	8
	2002–03	Ekstraklasa	28	8	2	0	6[b]	1	—		36	9
	2003–04	Ekstraklasa	26	8	3	0	—		—		29	8
	Total		122	23	21	2	12	3	6	2	161	30
Wisła Kraków	2004–05	Ekstraklasa	24	8	10	4	5[e]	0	—		39	12
	2005–06	Ekstraklasa	27	8	2	0	4[f]	0	—		33	8
	2006–07	Ekstraklasa	23	0	1	0	8[b]	1	8[g]	1	40	2
	2007–08	Ekstraklasa	28	16	5	1	—		1[g]	0	34	17
	2008–09	Ekstraklasa	30	2	4	1	5[h]	0	4[g]	2	43	5
	Total		132	34	22	6	22	1	13	3	189	44
Skoda Xanthi	2009–10	Super League	13	2	1	0	—		—		14	2
Lechia Gdańsk	2010–11	Ekstraklasa	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
Lechia Gdańsk II	2010–11	III liga, gr. D	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Ruch Chorzów	2010–11	Ekstraklasa	14	1	0	0	—		—		14	1
	2011–12	Ekstraklasa	26	6	4	1	—		—		30	7
	2012–13	Ekstraklasa	24	3	3	0	4[b]	0	—		31	3
	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	27	3	0	0	—		—		27	3
	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	36	1	1	0	5[b]	1	—		42	2
	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	32	2	1	0	—		—		33	2
	Total		159	16	9	1	9	1	—		177	18
Ruch Chorzów II	2013–14	III liga, gr. F	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
Career total			540	94	59	10	43	5	19	5	661	114

1. Includes Polish Cup, Greek Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup/Europa League
3. Three appearances and one goal in Polish League Cup, one appearance in Polish Super Cup
4. Appearances in Polish League Cup
5. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup
7. Appearance(s) in Ekstraklasa Cup
8. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland
	2002	1	0
	2004	3	0
	2005	2	0
	2007	1	0
	2008	2	0
Total		9	0

Honours

Amica Wronki

• Polish Cup: 1999–2000

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2007^[9]
• Ekstraklasa Best Player by "Sport": 2007–08
• Ekstraklasa Best XI: 2007–08