Dawid Banaczek
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Gdynia, Poland | ||
| Height | 186 | ||
| Playing position | offensive midfielder/striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bytovia Bytów (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1996 | Lechia Gdansk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Lechia Gdansk | ||
| 1999–2001 | Bayern München II | 46 | (6) |
| 2001 | IFK Norrköping | 8 | (2) |
| 2002 | RKS Radomsko | 12 | (2) |
| 2002-2003 | IFK Norrköping | 25 | (2) |
| 2003 | Widzew Lodz | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | FC Vaduz | ||
| 2004 | Ethnikos Asteras | 9 | (1) |
| 2005 | Amica Wronki | 5 | (2) |
| 2005-2007 | Zaglebie Lubin | 18 | (1) |
| 2007 | Sigma Olomouc | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | Viktoria Köln | ||
| 2008-2010 | Kaszubia Koscierzyna | 52 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 1996-2000 | Poland U16-U21 | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2013 | Lechia Gdansk U9 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Kaszubia Koscierzyna | ||
| 2015 | Lechia Gdansk U17 | ||
| 2015.08.01-2015.11.30 | Lechia Gdansk (assistant coach) | ||
| 2015.12.01-2015.12.31 | Lechia Gdansk (coach) | ||
| 2016.01.01-2016.06.30 | Lechia Gdansk (U19 coach) | ||
| 2016.07.01- | Drutex Bytovia Bytow (assistant coach) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Dawid Banaczek (born 3 June 1979) is a Polish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward and current a football coach.
Early life
Dawid was born in Gdynia and grew up in Gdansk (both being parts of Tricity urban area in Poland). Dawid's father Ryszard was a rugby Polish national team player and then a rugby coach in Lechia Gdansk, while his mother Barbara was a volleyball player. Dawid is the eldest of two boys.
Early career
Banaczek made his first appearance for Lechia Gdansk where he began his trainings in 1987. As a teenager, Banaczek represented Poland U16 to U21. In 1995 he participated in the U16 European Championships, held in Belgium.
Playing career
He had played in the Lechia senior team for 3 seasons. In 1999, Banaczek signed a 2-year contract, with Bayern Munich II. In the new club, Dawid played for two seasons in the amateur team.
IFK Norrköping.
In 2001, he had signed a contract with the Swedish club IFK Norrköping in which he debuted in Allsvenskan. Between 2001 and 2003, Banaczek (with a short, 3-month interval in RKS Radomsko), played continuously in the IFK.
Amica Wronki.
In Wronki, under supervision of coach Maciej Skorża, he spent one round as a substitute.
Zaglebie Lubin.
In the Polish league, he enjoyed his greatest successes as a player in Zaglebie Lubin, with which, in the 2006/2007 season, he reached for the championship of Poland, and in the previous year, in season 2005/2006, he won a bronze medal of the Polish Ekstraklasa. Beside Zaglebie and Amica Wronki, Banaczek played in two more teams of the Ekstraklasa: RKS Radomsko and Widzew Łodz.
Sigma Olomouc.
The last high-level stop on his football way was the Czech team Sigma Olomouc.
National Team
He was repeatedly a member of Polish youth national teams, from U15 to U21. In 1995, under coach Andrzej Zamilski, he participated in the European U16 Championship in Belgium.
Managerial career
Lechia Gdansk
In 2012, Dawid Banaczek started cooperation with Lechia Gdansk, where he led the team of the Lechia Gdansk Football Academy U9.
Kaszubia Koscierzyna
On 1 July 2013, Banaczek assumed the position of the head coach of the Kaszubia Koscierzyna team. The contract with the coach has been concluded for one year.
Lechia Gdansk
From July to August 2015 head coach in Lechia Gdansk U17.
After 8 weeks of working with U17 he became first team Thomas von Heesen's assistant coach. From 03.12.2015 he became first team coach of Lechia Gdansk.
From 1 July 2016 assistant coach in Drutex Bytovia Bytów
Personal life
Dawid is married to Anna Iga. Together they have a daughter Laura, who is an artistic gymnast in SGA Gdynia.
In 2011, Dawid Banaczek has established the Football Pro Academy. The principal goal of the academy, to be achieved within several years, is searching for talents and children with passion and enthusiasm to practice this sport, and subsequently, beginning of trainings on a more advanced level.
Banaczek speaks English and German.
Honours
As a player
Zaglebie Lubin
- Polish championship: 2006-2007.
- Third place: 2005-2006.
- Polish Cup Finalist: 2005-2006.
- Participation in the UEFA Cup: 2006-2007
External links
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