Marek Saganowski

Poland

Saganowski was born in Łódź, Poland and began his career in 1994 with his local club ŁKS Łódź, playing there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and with Hamburger SV in early 1997. Neither of these loan spells was a particular success and he returned to ŁKS in the summer of 1997 to rebuild his career. In 1997–98, he made 22 appearances for ŁKS Łódź, but his career was interrupted by a serious motor-cycle accident in 1998 following which he was unable to walk. He slowly recovered from the injuries, and returned to playing for ŁKS Łódź, although his goal-scoring abilities did not recover initially. He moved to Wisła Płock in 2000 and then to Odra Wodzisław the following year. He switched to Legia Warsaw in January 2003 where he returned to form, scoring 41 goals in 67 games. In 2005, he moved to Portugal's Vitoria Guimaraes where he notched 12 goals in his one season there.

Troyes

At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he moved to French club Troyes AC for £1 million, but only made six substitute appearances for them and failed to score, spending most of his time in the reserves.

Southampton

Saganowski joined Southampton initially on loan on 30 January 2007 until the end of the 2006–07 season. He made a successful start to his Saints career, scoring ten goals in his first 13 league games including a hat-trick in the 6–0 defeat of Wolverhampton Wanderers on 31 March 2007. His goals helped lift the Saints out of the…

He has also appeared 33 times for the Poland national football team, scoring five goals. He made appearances in all three of Poland's games at Euro 2008, including two starts. To this day, he is the only Polish footballer to score for a two-digit score, when he scored the goal against San Marino in Poland's 10–0 victory.

International

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saganowski goal.

ŁKS Łódź

Ekstraklasa: 1997–98 Legia Warsaw

Ekstraklasa: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16 Polish Cup: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16 Individual

Polish Cup top scorer: 2012–13 Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: September 2012