Jacek Bąk

Jacek Bąk
	Bąk playing for Poland in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Jacek Waldemar Bąk
Date of birth	24 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Lublin, Poland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Motor Lublin
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1992	Motor Lublin
1992–1995	Lech Poznań
1995–2001	Lyon
2002–2005	Lens
2005–2007	Al Rayyan
2007–2010	Austria Wien
Total
International career
1993–2008	Poland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacek Waldemar Bąk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjatsɛɡ ˈbɔŋk];^[1] born 24 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Other than his country, he competed in France, Qatar and Austria, notably appearing in more than 150 competitive games for Lyon and contributing to win the 2002 national championship.

Bąk represented Poland for 15 years, appearing for the nation in two World Cups and Euro 2008.

Since 2004 he is a French citizen.^[2]

Club career

Born in Lublin, Bąk made his senior debuts with local Motor Lublin aged just 16, moving to Lech Poznań two years later. In the 1992–93 season, he contributed with 28 games to help the latter club win its third national championship in four years.

Bąk signed for Olympique Lyonnais in the 1995 summer, going on to spend one full decade in the French Ligue 1 with that team and RC Lens, joining the latter in January 2002. The sides he played for during that campaign finished in first and second position.^[3]

Bąk retired in June 2010 at the age of 37, after two years in the Qatar Stars League with Al-Rayyan SC and three with Austrian Bundesliga's Austria Wien.

International career

Bąk gained his first cap for the Poland national team on 1 February 1993, in a 0–0 away friendly draw with Cyprus. He was picked for the squads that competed in the 2002 (one appearance, a 2–0 group stage loss to co-hosts South Korea^[4]) and the 2006 FIFA World Cups, with both tournaments ending in elimination after three matches.^[5]^[6]^[7]

In November 2006, Bąk claimed he was offered €10,000 to concede a penalty in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier between Belgium and Poland in the former's favour, and UEFA opened an investigation.^[8]^[9] Selected for the finals by manager Leo Beenhakker, he was left out of the final group phase clash against Croatia, and retired with 96 appearances, fourth-most at the time.^[10]^[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[11]^[12]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	1993	6	0
	1994	6	1
	1997	2	0
	1998	4	0
	1999	6	0
	2000	4	0
	2001	5	0
	2002	7	0
	2003	10	1
	2004	8	0
	2005	10	0
	2006	13	0
	2007	9	1
	2008	6	0
Total		96	3

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bąk goal.

List of international goals scored by Jacek Bąk^[12]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 August 1994	Stadion Miejski, Radom, Poland	Belarus	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2	12 November 2003	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland	Italy	1–0	3–1	Friendly
3	24 March 2007	Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland	Azerbaijan	1–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Lech Poznań

Ekstraklasa: 1992–93^[13]

Lyon

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1997^[14]

Al Rayyan

Emir of Qatar Cup: 2005–06^[15]

Austria Wien

Austrian Cup: 2008–09^[16]

References

^ Jacek in isolation: [ˈjatsɛk].
^ "Najwięcej występów w piłkarskiej reprezentacji Polski. Oto czołowa dziesiątka!". najlepsipilkarze.pl. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ "Le 4 mai 2002, l'OL remporte son premier titre de champion de France" [On 4 May 2002, l'OL wins its first French champion title] (in French). Lyon Capitale. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
^ "Korea win ignites World Cup". BBC Sport. 4 June 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ "Poland 0–2 Ecuador". BBC Sport. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ "Germany 1–0 Poland". BBC Sport. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ "Costa Rica 1–2 Poland". BBC Sport. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ "Poland's Bak says he was offered bribe for Belgium game". ESPN. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ "Uefa to investigate Poland bribe claim". World Soccer. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ "Klasnić completes Croatian clean sweep". UEFA.com. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Jacek Bak – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Jacek Bąk". European Football. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
^ "Encyklopedia - Bąk Jacek II" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^ "Lyon 3-2 Montpellier (Aggregate: 4 - 2)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ ""Jaaaaceeek! To my, Polacy!" Jacek Bąk, Katar i kontrola drogowa na "Chuchnij"". przegladsportowy.onet.pl (in Polish). 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^ "Jacek Bąk zdobył Puchar Austrii". sport.pl (in Polish). 24 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

External links

Jacek Bąk at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Jacek Bąk at L'Équipe Football (in French) Archived 7 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Jacek Bąk – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
National team data (in Polish)
Jacek Bąk at National-Football-Teams.com
Jacek Bąk – FIFA competition record (archived)
Jacek Bąk at Soccerway

[1] Jacek in isolation: [ˈjatsɛk].

[2] "Najwięcej występów w piłkarskiej reprezentacji Polski. Oto czołowa dziesiątka!". najlepsipilkarze.pl. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[3] "Le 4 mai 2002, l'OL remporte son premier titre de champion de France" [On 4 May 2002, l'OL wins its first French champion title] (in French). Lyon Capitale. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[4] "Korea win ignites World Cup". BBC Sport. 4 June 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[5] "Poland 0–2 Ecuador". BBC Sport. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[6] "Germany 1–0 Poland". BBC Sport. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[7] "Costa Rica 1–2 Poland". BBC Sport. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[8] "Poland's Bak says he was offered bribe for Belgium game". ESPN. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[9] "Uefa to investigate Poland bribe claim". World Soccer. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[10] "Klasnić completes Croatian clean sweep". UEFA.com. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

[RSSSF-11] "Jacek Bak – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[European_Football-12] "Jacek Bąk". European Football. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

[13] "Encyklopedia - Bąk Jacek II" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[14] "Lyon 3-2 Montpellier (Aggregate: 4 - 2)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

[15] ""Jaaaaceeek! To my, Polacy!" Jacek Bąk, Katar i kontrola drogowa na "Chuchnij"". przegladsportowy.onet.pl (in Polish). 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[16] "Jacek Bąk zdobył Puchar Austrii". sport.pl (in Polish). 24 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

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Jacek Bąk

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