Adam Kokoszka

Adam Kokoszka
Personal information
Full name Adam Kokoszka
Date of birth (1986-10-06) 6 October 1986
Place of birth Andrychów, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Śląsk Wrocław
Number 20
Youth career
Beskid Andrychów
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Wisła Kraków 30 (1)
2008–2011 Empoli 43 (0)
2011Polonia Warszawa (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2013 Polonia Warszawa 38 (0)
2013–2014 Śląsk Wrocław 45 (2)
2014–2015 FC Torpedo Moscow 22 (0)
2015– Śląsk Wrocław 28 (0)
National team
2006– Poland 11 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2014

Adam Kokoszka (Polish pronunciation: [ˈadam kɔˈkɔʂka], born 6 October 1986 in Andrychów) is a Polish footballer who plays as a central defender for Śląsk Wrocław.

Club career

His debut for Wisła Kraków came on 4 August 2006 against Arka Gdynia.

On 28 July 2008 he signed a five-year contract with Empoli,[1] using the Webster ruling to leave Wisla. Wisla brought the matter to FIFA but in October the organization cleared Kokoszka to play for Empoli.[2] He debuted for his new club in a 4-0 win over U.S. Sassuolo Calcio on 28 October.

On 19 January 2011 a half-year loan transfer to Polonia Warszawa was announced.[3]

In July 2014, Kokoszka signed a three-year contract with FC Torpedo Moscow,[4] however in April 2015, Kokoszka left Torpedo Moscow having not been paid by the club for four months.[5]

International career

Although he had made only a few appearances for his club, he was noticed by Leo Beenhakker and debuted for the Poland national football team a short while later, in a friendly away to the United Arab Emirates on 6 December 2006. In the next friendly match against Estonia he scored his first goal for Poland. He was called up for Euro 2008 and made one appearance, in Poland's final match against Croatia.

Poland goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 February 2007 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain  Estonia 4–0 Win Friendly
2. 2 February 2008 Pafos, Cyprus  Finland 1–0 Win Friendly

Notes

  1. "Adam Kokoszka". Oficjalny portal Polskiej Reprezentacji Piłkarskiej (in Polish). Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. "Adam Kokoszka może grać w Empoli". Sport.pl (in Polish). 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  3. "Adam Kokoszka w Polonii Warszawa". Onet.pl (in Polish). 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  4. АВТОЗАВОДЦЫ ПОДПИСАЛИ КОНТРАКТ С ЗАЩИТНИКОМ СБОРНОЙ ПОЛЬШИ (in Russian). FC Torpedo Moscow. 3 July 2014.
  5. "Adam Kokoszka odchodzi z Torpieda". http://www.90minut.pl/ (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)

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