Marek Saganowski

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Marek Saganowski
Personal information
Full name	Marek Mirosław Saganowski
Date of birth	October 31, 1978 (1978-10-31) (age 29)
Place of birth	Łódź, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Southampton
Number	4
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1996 1996 1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007 2007-	ŁKS Łódź →Feyenoord Rotterdam (loan) →Hamburg (loan) ŁKS Łódź Wisła Płock Odra Wodzisław Legia Warszawa Vitoria Guimaraes Troyes AC → Southampton (loan) Southampton	34 (12) 07 0(0) 03 0(0) 61 (18) 23 0(4) 30 0(2) 67 (41) 32 (12) 06 0(0) 13 (10) 30 0(3)
National team2
1996-	Poland	24 0(3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:26, 4 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12:01, 9 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Marek Saganowski (pron. IPA: [ˈmarɛk sagaˈnɔfski]; born October 31, 1978 in Łódź) is a Polish footballer (forward) who plays for English Championship side Southampton.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Poland

Marek Saganowski began his career in 1994 with Polish club ŁKS Łódź and played there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and at Hamburg 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. It was here that he was first known as Sagan. 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 Warszawa 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. He has also appeared 15 times for the Polish national football team, scoring three goals.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Southampton

Saganowski joined Southampton on loan on 30 January 2007 until the end of the 2006-07 season.[1] He made a successful start to his Saints career, scoring 10 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 doldrums they were in at the end of January and push them into a play-off position. He likes the ball at his feet and drops deep, pulling central defenders out of position. Although he featured in both play-off games he failed to score despite hitting the post as Saints went out to Derby County in a penalty shootout.

On June 10, 2007, Southampton and Troyes AC agreed a fee of £680,000 (€1million) for the Polish international according to the French club's website. [2]. This transfer was finally confirmed on the official Southampton website on June 28, 2007. Saganowski has signed a three-year contract.[3]

At Southampton he is nicknamed 'Saga' by the fans, as a shorter name for Saganowski.

He recently scored a vital goal against Sheffield United on the last day of the 2007/08 season that helped keep Southampton in the Championship. He was rewarded by being called up to the Poland squad for Euro 2008 and will be thoroughly supported by Southampton fans.

[edit] Poland Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 March 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Azerbaijan	8-0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2.	26 March 2005	Warsaw, Poland	Azerbaijan	8-0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
3.	14 May 2006	Wronki, Poland	Faroe Islands	4-0	Win	Friendly

[edit] External links

• Marek Saganowski (incomplete) career stats at Soccerbase
• Player's official website (Polish)
• Player profile on 90minut.pl (Polish)
• National team stats on pzpn.pl (Polish)

v • d • e Poland squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Boruc • 2 Jop • 3 Wawrzyniak • 4 Golański • 5 Dudka • 6 Bąk • 7 Smolarek • 8 Krzynówek • 9 Żurawski • 10 Garguła • 11 Saganowski • 12 Kowalewski • 13 Wasilewski • 14 Żewłakow • 15 Pazdan • 16 Piszczek • 17 Łobodziński • 18 Lewandowski • 19 Murawski • 20 Guerreiro • 21 Zahorski • 22 Fabiański • 23 Kokoszka • Coach: Beenhakker