Adam Kwasnik
Encyclopedia
Adam Kwasnik is an Australia
n football (soccer)
player. He currently plays as a striker
for the Australian A-League
club
the Central Coast Mariners.
A-League on 20 January 2006.
He is starting to show his potential by scoring 7 goals and two assists in the 06/07 season from 19 starts.
'Kwas', as he is known to team mates and fans alike, is the Mariners all-time leading goalscorers list with 30 goals. He also has his own superstition of training with one sock around his ankle and the other pulled up to his knee.
Lawrie McKinna has coached many teams whilst in Australia, Kwasnik has been in every one of those teams, however he made the decision to move the Wellington Phoenix for the 2008-2009 season.
After a disappointing season at the Phoenix, Kwasnik signed on 9 February 2009 with his former club Central Coast Mariners for the upcoming 2009 AFC Champions League
and also for the 2009/2010 A-League season
.
Kwasnik was loaned out to Chinese Super League
club and Mariners sister club Chengdu Blades
during the 2010-11 off-season. He debuted in the season opener against Shandong Luneng
and equalized to make it 3-3. The game would finish 3-3.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player. He currently plays as a striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
for the Australian A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
the Central Coast Mariners.
Club career
Kwasnik was scorer of the 200th goal in the HyundaiHyundai
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A-League on 20 January 2006.
He is starting to show his potential by scoring 7 goals and two assists in the 06/07 season from 19 starts.
'Kwas', as he is known to team mates and fans alike, is the Mariners all-time leading goalscorers list with 30 goals. He also has his own superstition of training with one sock around his ankle and the other pulled up to his knee.
Lawrie McKinna has coached many teams whilst in Australia, Kwasnik has been in every one of those teams, however he made the decision to move the Wellington Phoenix for the 2008-2009 season.
After a disappointing season at the Phoenix, Kwasnik signed on 9 February 2009 with his former club Central Coast Mariners for the upcoming 2009 AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League 2009
The 2009 AFC Champions League was the 28th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation , and the 7th under the current AFC Champions League title. The final took place at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on November 7...
and also for the 2009/2010 A-League season
A-League 2009–10
The A-League's 2009-10 season was the fifth season of the Australasian A-League football competition. The season marked the addition of two new teams from Queensland. and the made their A-League debuts at the start of the season. Because of this, were re-named to , as they were no longer the...
.
Kwasnik was loaned out to Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...
club and Mariners sister club Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades
Chengdu Blades F.C. is a professional football club based in Chengdu, PR China who currently plays in the 42,000 seater Chengdu Sports Centre in the Chinese Super league...
during the 2010-11 off-season. He debuted in the season opener against Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng Taishan is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shandong Luneng Group, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province. They play at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. The predecessor of Shandong Luneng Taishan was the Shandong Provincial team organised...
and equalized to make it 3-3. The game would finish 3-3.
Honours
With Central Coast Mariners: A-League Premiership: 2007-2008A-League 2007-08
The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and...