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]
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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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
editPoland 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
- Aleksander Kłak at Olympics.com
- Aleksander Kłak at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
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