Jerzy dudek biography
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Jerzy Dudek
Polish footballer (born 1973)
Jerzy Henryk Dudek (born 23 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful spells in the Netherlands and England, winning the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005 and appearing in 186 official matches for the club over six seasons. He also spent four years at Real Madrid.
Dudek played 60 times for Poland – the second most-capped player in his position for several years – representing the nation at the 2002 World Cup.
Club career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Born in Rybnik,[2] Dudek began playing football at 12 for Górnik Knurów. Six years later, he made his senior debut with the renamed Concordia in the third division, where he set a record of 416 minutes without conceding a goal.[6]
Dudek only played one season in the Ekstraklasa, appearing in roughly half of the matches for Sokół Tychy as th
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| Jerzy Dudek | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Date of Birth | 23 March 1973 |
| Place of Birth | Rybnik, Poland |
| Height | 1.88 m (6'2") |
| Position | Goalkeeper |
| Liverpool statistics | |
| Years | 2001-2007 |
| Appearances | 186 |
| Goals | 0 |
Jerzy Henryk "Jurek" Dudek (born 23 March 1973) is a retired Polish international footballer who played for Liverpool from 2001-2007. While at Liverpool he was part of the squad who won the 2005 Champion's League. He left Liverpool in 2007, joining Real Madrid for a free transfer, having played 186 games for the Reds.
Liverpool career[]
Dudek joined Liverpool on 31 August 2001 from Feyenoord, for £4,850,000. He made his league debut for the club on 8 September 2001 against Aston Villa in a 1-3 loss. Dudek's first clean sheet came in the Champions League, in the scoreless draw against Dortmund on 19 September 2001. Three days later Dudek booked another clean sheet in the 1-0 home win against Tottenha
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Jerzy Dudek: A Big Pole in Our Goal - Autobiography - Hardcover
Synopsis
Liverpool Football Club has won trophy after trophy. It has enjoyed success after success. Supporters on the Kop - the most famous stand in football - have worshipped hero after hero. But some of them are more unlikely than others. Jerzy Dudek suffered third degree burns as a child in his native Poland. He grew up in a flat in an industrial Eastern Bloc town. He learned to play football on a patch of grass with bricks as goalposts and worked as a miner in his teens. A career as a professional footballer seemed unlikely - some would say impossible - but this fryst vatten the story of how he overcame those odds to star for Liverpool FC in the most remarkable Champions League sista of all time. Three goals down to AC Milan at half-time in Istanbul 2005, Liverpool produced a rörande six-minute comeback to take the game to extra-time, but with moments to play Europe's most deadly striker, Andriy Shevchenko, had two gol