Seweryn Gancarczyk

Polish footballer

Seweryn Gancarczyk
Personal information

Full name	Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk
Date of birth	(1981-11-22) 22 November 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Dębica, Poland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
1999	Podkarpacie Pustynia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Hetman Zamość
2003–2005	Arsenal Kyiv	18	(1)
2004	→ Volyn Lutsk (loan)	19	(0)
2006–2009	Metalist Kharkiv	85	(6)
2009–2011	Lech Poznań	32	(0)
2012	ŁKS Łódź	6	(0)
2012–2015	Górnik Zabrze	62	(1)
2015–2017	GKS Tychy	40	(0)
2018–2019	Rozwój Katowice	37	(1)
2019–2022	Podlesianka Katowice	42	(19)
Total		341	(20)
International career
2006–2009	Poland	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Seweryn Daniel Gancarczyk (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈvɛrɨn ˈdaɲɛl ɡanˈt͡sart͡ʂɨk]; born 22 November 1981) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He was most recently the assistant coach of Zagłębie Sosnowiec.^[1]

Career

Gancarczyk started to play football in his early teens, in junior teams of Podkarpacie Pustynia. After several seasons there and after a short spell at second division club Hetman Zamość, Gancarczyk made his way to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, where he joined local Arsenal Kyiv. Having also briefly performed for west Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk, Gancarczyk was transferred to Metalist Kharkiv, where he has remained since, and has reached a position of vice-captain at the club.^[2]

In 2007, he was voted the best left-back in Ukraine.^[3]

During the winter of 2008, Gancarczyk had a try-out with Scottish club Celtic, however due to an injury, he was unable to compete and so returned to Metalist.

In January 2018, Gancarczyk joined Rozwój Katowice.^[4] He played for the club until the summer 2019, when he joined Podlesianka Katowice.^[5]

International career

Debuting for his country in 2006 in a 0–1 loss against Lithuania, the defender was named to the 23-men squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

On 14 October 2009, during Poland's last game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia, Gancarczyk scored an own goal in the 3rd minute of the game, condemning Poland to a 1–0 defeat and enabling Slovakia to qualify for the World Cup.

Coaching career

While still playing for Podlesianka, Gancarczyk began coaching youth teams of Rozwój Katowice. On 7 June 2022, he joined I liga club Górnik Łęczna's staff as an assistant under Marcin Prasoł.^[6] He left the club on 25 February 2023 along with Prasoł.^[7]

On 17 January 2024, Gancarczyk took on a similar role at another second division side Zagłębie Sosnowiec, where he worked under managers Alyaksandr Khatskevich and Marek Saganowski. He terminated his contract by mutual consent on 12 June that year.^[8]

Honours

Lech Poznań

Ekstraklasa: 2009–10

Podlesianka Katowice

Regional league Katowice IV: 2020–21^[9]^[10]

Notes

^ "Seweryn Gancarczyk w sztabie szkoleniowym Zagłębia Sosnowiec". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ Source: Metalist Kharkiv Official Website Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
^ Source: Evening Times (in English)
^ Seweryn Gancarczyk: Z przytupem zamknąłem Stadion Śląski - teraz chętnie go otworzę‚ dziennikzachodni.pl, 26 January 2018
^ Seweryn Gancarczyk w Podlesiance!, podlesianka.katowice.pl, 19 July 2019
^ "Seweryn Gancarczyk asystentem trenera Górnika Łęczna". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Marcin Prasoł odchodzi z Górnika Łęczna". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 25 March 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Łukasz Gajda i Seweryn Gancarczyk odchodzą z Zagłębia Sosnowiec". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Zina Klasa okręgowa 2020/2021, grupa: śląska IV (Katowice-Sosnowiec) - mistrzowska". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Zawodnik: Seweryn Gancarczyk". laczynaspilka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 June 2024.