Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk (sɛˈvɛrɨn ˈdanʲɛl ganˈt͡sartʂɨk) (born November 22, 1981) is a professional Polish football

Football (soccer)

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 player for Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

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 who plays as a left sided defender

Defender (football)

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Career

Gancarczyk started to play football in his early teens, in junior teams of Podkarpacie Pustynia. After several seasons there and after a short spell at second Polish division club Hetman Zamość

Hetman Zamosc

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, Gancarczyk made his way to the capital of Ukraine

Ukraine

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, Kiev

Kiev

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, where he joined local Arsenal Kyiv. Having also briefly performed for west Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 club Volyn Lutsk, Gancarczyk was transferred to Metalist Kharkiv, where he has remained since, and has reached a position of vice-captain at the club.

In 2007 he was voted the best left-back in Ukraine.

During the winter of 2008 Gancarczyk had a try-out with Scottish

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 giants Celtic FC, however due to an injury, he was unable to compete and so returned to Metalist.

International

Debuting for his country in 2006 in a 0:1 loss against Lithuania, the defender was named to the 23-men Poland's 2006 World Cup squad for the Cup finals in Germany.

On October 14, 2009, during Poland's last game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia

Slovakia national football team

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, Gancarczyk scored an own goal in the 3rd minute of the game, condemning Poland to a 1–0 defeat and enabling Slovakia to qualify for the World Cup.

External links

• Player profile at Metalist Official website
• Player profile on 90minut.pl
• National team stats on the website of the Polish Football Association
  Polish Football Association
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• National Football Teams