Daniel Piorkowski

Daniel Piorkowski (born 12 January 1984) is an Australian footballer.

Daniel Piorkowski
Personal information
Full name Daniel Piorkowski
Date of birth (1984-01-12) 12 January 1984
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back / right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Melbourne Knights 26 (0)
2005–2008 Melbourne Victory 30 (0)
2008 Newcastle Jets 7 (0)
2009–2011 Gold Coast United 2 (0)
National team‡
2002–2003 Australia U-20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Club career

Melbourne Knights

His progress as a footballer was delayed by a knee reconstruction, sustained during his playing days with ex NSL club Melbourne Knights. Daniel also was a member of the Australian Under 20 Side and missed out on a place in the Under-20 World Cup due to a knee reconstruction.[1]

Melbourne Victory

After signing for Melbourne Victory, Piorkowski made 11 appearances and was signed to a new two-year deal in April 2006.[2] Piorkowski was an important part of the Victory defence during their premiership winning season in 06/07 along with Adrian Leijer and Rodrigo Vargas. He unfortunately injured his knee during the season and did not feature in the finals series.[3][4] On 13 February 2008 he was tabled a new contract by Victory but remained undecided whether to stay with the club.[5] On 13 May 2008 he finally decided to pursue his ambitions of playing in Europe.[6][7][8]

Newcastle Jets

On 13 September 2008 he signed a short deal after a week-long trial to cover injured defender Shaun Ontong.[9][10]

Gold Coast United

On 20 November 2008 he joined Gold Coast United on a two-year deal.[11][12]

Honours

Melbourne Victory

References
  1. Top Knights teenager out for season
  2. Melbourne duo solid in defence Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Trio reunite in heart of Victory's defence
  4. Injury forces Piorkowski out
  5. Two sign for Victory but more deals are pending
  6. Piorkowski set to chase European dream Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Piorkowski starts European adventure
  8. Piorkowski quits Victory for europe
  9. Jets Check Out Piorkowski
  10. Jets Sign Up Piorkowski Archived 18 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Piorkowski Off To Gold Coast Too Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Six more names confirmed for United Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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