Tomasz Rząsa

Tomasz Rząsa
Rząsa in 2011
Personal information
Full name Tomasz Rząsa
Date of birth (1973-03-11) 11 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lech Poznań (sporting director)
Youth career
1986–1988 Cracovia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1991 Cracovia 25 (4)
1992–1994 Sokół Pniewy 66 (25)
1995 Grasshoppers 21 (5)
1996 Lugano 9 (2)
1996 Grasshoppers 9 (1)
1997 Young Boys 12 (6)
1997–1999 De Graafschap 50 (4)
1999–2003 Feyenoord 90 (1)
2003–2004 Partizan 18 (0)
2004–2005 Heerenveen 23 (0)
2005–2006 ADO Den Haag 25 (0)
2006–2008 Ried 58 (0)
Total 408 (48)
International career
1994–2006 Poland 36 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Lech Poznań (assistant)
2018 Lech Poznań (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomasz Mariusz Rząsa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈʐɔ̃sa]; born 11 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who primarily played as a left back and sometimes as a left midfielder who currently serves as the sporting director of Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.

Club career

During his career, Rząsa represented Cracovia and Sokół Pniewy (pl) (Poland), Grasshoppers (Switzerland), Lugano (Switzerland), Young Boys (Switzerland), De Graafschap (Netherlands), Feyenoord (Netherlands), Partizan (Serbia), Heerenveen (Netherlands), ADO Den Haag (Netherlands) and Ried (Austria).

While playing with Grasshoppers, he won two Swiss National League championships, in 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons.

He played for Feyenoord between 1999 and 2003, where he failed to win any domestic title with the club, but did win the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, by beating Borussia Dortmund in the final. Consequently, they played the 2002 UEFA Super Cup, but lost against Real Madrid. Rząsa played both finals.

With Partizan, he was the newcomer alongside Ljubinko Drulović, Taribo West and others, where he helped the club reach the Champions League group stage.

In 2006, he came to Austria and signed with SV Ried, where he was decisive in helping them to achieve their greatest ever result – finishing as runners-up in the 2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga. He played an impressive 58 league matches in just two seasons with Ried.

International career

Rząsa represented Poland in 36 international matches between 1994 and 2006, and scored one goal.[1]

He was part of the Polish team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

Upon finishing his playing career, he was an assistant manager at Lech Poznań under Maciej Skorża during the 2014–15 season, and under Rafał Ulatowski in May 2018.[2][3]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rząsa goal.
List of international goals scored by Tomasz Rząsa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 December 1994 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia 2–1 2–1 Friendly

Honours

Grasshoppers

Feyenoord

References

  1. ^ "Poland – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Tomasz Rząsa profile". WorldFootball.net. Münster: HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ dyrovski (10 May 2018). "Rafał Ulatowski trenerem Lecha" [Rafał Ulatowski is a coach of Lech]. 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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