Aleksander Kłak
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Full name | Aleksander Dominik Kłak | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 24 November 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nowy Sącz, Polish People’s Republic | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Dunajec Nowy Sącz | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1985–1992 | Igloopol Dębica | 32+ | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1993 | Olimpia Poznań | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Górnik Zabrze | 37 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1995 | SV Straelen | ||||||||||||||||
1995 | FC Homburg | ||||||||||||||||
1996 | Bonner SC | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1996–2002 | Royal Antwerp | 53 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | FC Denderleeuw | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | De Graafschap | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
Poland Olympic | |||||||||||||||||
1992–1997 | Poland | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
Royal Antwerp (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aleksander Dominik Kłak (born 24 November 1970) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Kłak was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.[1]
After retiring from playing due to ongoing injury problems, he became a goalkeeping coach at Royal Antwerp and a bus driver for the Antwerp public transportation network.[2]
He also battled clinical depression after retirement, and says his recovery was aided, among others, by the help of the Capucin monks and his subsequent rediscovery of his faith.[3]
Honours
[edit]Poland Olympic
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksander Kłak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "Co robią znani polscy sportowcy na emeryturze? Wuefista, ratownik medyczny i kierowca autobusu" (in Polish). onet.pl. 16 October 2020.
- ^ Dariusz Dobek (24 November 2020). "Dostałem nowe życie" (in Polish). onet.pl.
- ^ "Aleksander Kłak". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Aleksander Kłak at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Aleksander Kłak at Olympedia (archive)
- Aleksander Kłak at Olympics.com
- Aleksander Kłak at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)