Krzysztof Ratajczyk

Krzysztof Ratajczyk (born 9 November 1973 in Poznań) is a Polish football defender.

Krzysztof Ratajczyk
Personal information
Full name Krzysztof Ratajczyk
Date of birth (1973-11-09) November 9, 1973
Place of birth Poznań, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) defender
Youth career
Warta Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1996 Legia Warsaw 127 (3)
1996–2001 Rapid Wien 142 (8)
2001–2005 Austria Wien 72 (1)
2005–2007 Mattersburg 47 (0)
2008 Schwanenstadt 10 (0)
2008–2009 FAC Wien 14 (1)
2009–2010 FC Polska Wien 13 (6)
2010–2011 UFC Weiden am See 12 (0)
2011–2012 FC Polska Wien 8 (0)
2014 SC Berndorf
National team‡
1994–2003 Poland 16 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2008

Club career

He started his career at Warta Poznań. After five years at Legia Warsaw, he moved to Rapid Wien in 1996, where he was most successful. He was very popular , especially because of his hard style to play (for example: he knocked an opponent forward into the third seat row in a pre-season match) and became captain of the side.

Although Rapid renewed his contract despite many long-term injuries, Ratajczyk moved in 2002 (as skipper of the team) to bitter rivals Austria Wien. As a result of this "betrayal", feelings ran high and he was beaten down by four Rapid Fans.

Ratajczyk joined Mattersburg in 2005, where he spent two years. In January 2008 he had no contract until the Red Zac league SC Schwanenstadt offered him one. After Schwanenstadt's demise, he moved to FAC Team für Wien in the Regionalliga.

International career

He made his debut for Poland in an August 1994 friendly match against Belarus and went on to earn 16 caps, scoring 3 goals.

Honours


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