Tomasz Frankowski

Early years and Wisła Kraków

As a native of Białystok, Frankowski began his career with his home town team Jagiellonia Białystok in 1991, before heading for France to play for RC Strasbourg (1993–1996), followed by a brief stint at Nagoya Grampus Eight of Japan (1996). He then returned to France to play for CFP Poitiers (1996–1997) and FC Martigues (1997–1998), before returning to his home country to play for Wisła Kraków. His time at Wisła brought him his greatest successes, he helped the club win five Polish Championship titles (in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005), two Polish Cups (in 2002 and 2003), and a Polish Super Cup in 2001. He was also the league's top scorer three times: with Wisla in 1999, 2001, and 2005 and with Jagiellonia in 2011.

Elche

In August 2005, Spanish Segunda División club Elche CF signed Frankowski. Neighbours Levante UD complained that they had secured him, and that Elche should pay them a €6 million release clause. He made his debut on 11 September as a 71st-minute substitute in a 1–0 loss at precisely that team. A week later, in his first home game, he opened the scoring in a 2–0 win over Polideportivo Ejido. He totalled eight goals in 14 games during his time at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero, including a hat-trick on 8 December in a 4–1 win over Numancia.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 25 January 2006, Frankowski signed a 21⁄2-year deal at Wolverhampton Wanderers, four points off the play-off places in England's Football…

Frankowski scored ten goals in 22 appearances for the Poland national team. He made his senior international debut on 28 April 1999 in a 2–1 win over the Czech Republic and netted his first international goal the following year, against Iceland. He was Poland's top scorer in their qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, but his poor form for Wolves in 2006 meant that he was omitted from the tournament squad. He called manager Paweł Janas a backstabber and criticised his indirectness, as he and Jerzy Dudek had learned of their omissions from journalists and not the manager. He returned to the international fold after this, under new coach Leo Beenhakker, but won only two further caps.

International

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

Strasbourg

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995 Wisła Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 Polish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03 Polish League Cup: 2000–01 Polish Super Cup: 2001 Jagiellonia Białystok

Polish Cup: 2009–10 Polish Super Cup: 2010 Individual

Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2010–11 Polish Cup top scorer: 2001–02, 2009–10 Polish Newcomer of the Year: 1998 Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2004 Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: October 2010