Mirosław Szymkowiak

Born in Poznań, Poland, Szymkowiak first started playing at Olimpia Poznań, where he played from 1992 until 1994, when he joined Widzew Łódź. He remained there for five and a half years, when he left to join Wisła Kraków in the middle of the 2000–01 season. He helped them to win the championship in his first season, and to two further championships in 2003 and 2004. In January 2005, he joined the Turkish club Trabzonspor. In his first six months at Trabzonspor he scored nine goals in fifteen starts. As well as playing for Trabzonspor, Szymkowiak appeared 33 times and scored three goals for the Poland national team. He was selected to the 23-men squad that competed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.

Szymkowiak works as a pitch reporter for Canal+ Poland. His debut as a reporter was an Ekstraklasa game between GKS Bełchatów and Zagłębie Lubin on 5 April 2007. He also owns two beauty salons in Kraków.

International

Widzew Łódź

Ekstraklasa: 1995–96, 1996–97 Polish Super Cup: 1996 Wisła Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 Polish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03 Ekstraklasa Cup: 2000–01 Polish Super Cup: 2001 Poland U16

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1993