
Tomasz Kuszczak
b. 1982
Polish footballer (born 1982)
- Born
- 20 Mar 1982 · Krosno Odrzańskie
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 20 Mar 1982BornBorn in Krosno Odrzańskie
- 1998TeamPoland national under-16 football team
- 1998 – 1999TeamŚląsk Wrocław
- 1999 – 2000TeamKFC Uerdingen 05
- 2000 – 2004TeamHertha BSC II
- 2000TeamPoland national under-18 football team
- 2001 – 2004TeamHertha BSC
- 2001 – 2003TeamPoland national under-21 football team
- 2003 – 2012TeamPoland men's national football team
- 2004 – 2007TeamWest Bromwich Albion F.C.
- 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
- 2006 – 2007TeamManchester United F.C.
- 2007 – 2012TeamManchester United F.C.
- 2012 – 2014TeamBrighton & Hove Albion F.C.
- 2012TeamWatford F.C.
- 2014 – 2015TeamWolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
- 2015TeamBirmingham City F.C.
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1982 – today).
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Tomasz Mirosław Kuszczak (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈkuʂt͡ʂak] ; born 20 March 1982) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the goalkeeping coach of the Poland national team.
Born in Krosno Odrzańskie, Kuszczak previously played for Śląsk Wrocław in Poland, as well as for the German clubs KFC Uerdingen 05 and Hertha BSC, before moving in 2004 to England with West Bromwich Albion. During the summer of 2006 he transferred to Manchester United, where as backup goalkeeper to Edwin van der Sar he won three Premier League titles, two Football League Cups, three FA Community Shields, the FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Champions League. In 2012 Kuszczak joined Brighton & Hove Albion, who released him at the end of the 2013–14 season. After spending the latter part of the 2014–15 season with Wolverhampton Wanderers, he signed for Birmingham City in July 2015, playing for the club until his retirement in 2019.
Kuszczak made 14 appearances for the Poland under-21 side and was capped 11 times at senior level. He was a member of the nation's squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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