Adam Matuszczyk is a Polish footballer who plays for 1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

 and is a member of the Poland national team

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

. Naturally a left midfielder, he can also be deployed as a defensive midfielder.

Career

Matuszczyk began his career with SpvGG Merzig and joined later to VfB Dillingen. After successful years with the youth from VfB Dillingen was scouted in summer 2003 from 1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

 who was promoted to the reserve team in the season 2008–09. Matuszczyk earned in the first half of the season 11 caps and was on 3 February 2009 promoted to the Fußball-Bundesliga team from 1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

. He made his Bundesliga debut on 27 February 2010 against Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen

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. His first Bundesliga goals came on 10 April when he scored twice to give Köln a 2-0 away win versus Hoffenheim.

International career

The former U-21

Poland national under-21 football team

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 team player earned on 19 December 2009 his first call up for the Poland national football team

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

 for the Kings-Cup in Thailand

Thailand

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. However, he was retained by his club due to the tournament's scheduling outside of the official FIFA calendar for international matches. On 4 May 2010, he was called up for the friendly games in May 2010. He made his national debut on 29 May 2010 against Finland

Finland national football team

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. His first international goal came against the United States in October 2010.

International goals

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| 1. || 9 October 2010 || Soldier Field

Soldier Field

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, Chicago

Chicago

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, United States || || 1–1 || 2–2 || Friendly
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Personal life

He was born in Gliwice, Poland and moved to Germany in 1991 at the age of two thus he also has a German passport. He is married to wife Denise with whom he has a son, Lennox.