Marcin Mięciel

Marcin Mięciel

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-12-22) 22 December 1975
Place of birth	Gdynia, Poland
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	UKS Łady
Youth career
1989–1990	Wisła Tczew
1990–1993	Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994	Hutnik Warszawa	26	(4)
1994–2001	Legia Warsaw	173	(51)
1995	→ Łódzki KS (loan)	16	(6)
2001–2002	Borussia Mönchengladbach	18	(2)
2002–2005	Iraklis	64	(16)
2005–2007	PAOK	67	(24)
2007–2009	VfL Bochum	37	(6)
2009–2010	Legia Warsaw	23	(5)
2010–2012	Łódzki KS	47	(14)
2012–	UKS Łady
International career‡
1996–2002	Poland	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 February 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2010

Marcin Mięciel (born 22 December 1975 in Gdynia) is a Polish footballer who last played for Polish club Łódzki KS. His trademark is the bicycle kick.

Poland

Mięciel started his football career at Wisła Tczew for which he played until 1990. The next stop in his career was Lechia Gdańsk. In December 1993 he transferred to Hutnik Warszawa but after only six months he moved on to local rivals Legia Warsaw where he played until 2001 (only interrupted by a half year loan to ŁKS Łódź in 1995).

Greece

After a disappointing season at Borussia Mönchengladbach Mięciel went on to Greece. His first stop was Iraklis Saloniki. After two and a half seasons, he moved to local rivals PAOK. He scored five goals in 13 games till the end of the 2004–05 season. In his second season he scored five times in 25 matches. His most successful season was 2006–07: in 29 matches he notched 14 goals. He was one of the topscorers in the Greek league and PAOK's "most valuable player" of that season.

VfL Bochum

After his first disappointing attempt in the German Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach Mięciel returned for the 2007–08 season, this time to play for VfL Bochum. The transfer fee was estimated at 250,000 euros. For the 2009–10 season he returned to Legia Warsaw on a free transfer. For the 2010–11 season he returned to Łódzki KS on a free transfer.

Honours

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: (1) 1994–95
• Polish Cup: (2) 1994–95, 1996–97
• Polish SuperCup: (2) 1994, 1997

Łódzki KS

• I liga: (1) 2010–11

Individual

• Topscorer of PAOK: 2006–07
• Most Valuable Player of PAOK: 2006–07

External links

• Marcin Mięciel profile at 90minut
• Marcin Mięciel at National-Football-Teams.com