Zbigniew Małkowski
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| Zbigniew Małkowski | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zbigniew Małkowski | |
| Date of birth | January 19, 1978 | |
| Place of birth | Olsztyn, Poland | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Hibernian | |
| Number | 31 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007 2007-2008 |
Stomil Olsztyn Feyenoord Rotterdam Excelsior Rotterdam Feyenoord Rotterdam Hibernian → Gretna (loan) → Inverness CT (loan) |
28 (0) 0 (0) 55 (0) 1 (0) 51 (0) 8 (0) 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Zbigniew Małkowski (born 19 January 1978 in Olsztyn, Poland) is a professional footballer, who currently plays for Scottish Premier League side Hibernian as a goalkeeper.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Hibernian
'Zibi' first appeared for Hibernian as a trialist in a 5-0 win over St Patrick's Athletic in the 2005-06 pre-season tour of Ireland. He then made a second showing in the game 24 hours later against Shamrock Rovers. He impressed Tony Mowbray, and on returning to Edinburgh was signed on a two-year contract.
After initially impressing during the first half of the 2005/06 league season[1], he started to make errors around the turn of the year[2].
He then made two bad errors in the club's defeat by rivals Hearts in the 2006 Scottish Cup[3]. Malkowski retained his place for the rest of the season despite this performance.
Malkowski was suspended for the first league game of 2006-07, but quickly regained his place from Simon Brown. Having kept his place under the surprisingly supportive Tony Mowbray, he subsequently made two bad errors in the first match after Mowbray's departure to West Brom, the Edinburgh derby of 15 October 2006. Malkowski's errors allowed Hearts to get a 2-2 draw in a match they had been losing 2-0.[4]
Malkowski then made a serious error in the derby match on 26 December 2006, when he dropped a tame free kick by Paul Hartley into the path of Edgaras Jankauskas, who scored into the unguarded net. This led to Malkowski being dropped from the Hibernian squad entirely for the following match against Dunfermline Athletic, being replaced by Andrew McNeil.[5]
[edit] Loan spell at Gretna
Having completely fallen out of favour at Hibs, Malkowski was loaned out to Scottish First Division leaders Gretna towards the end of the 2006-07 season. He replaced Alan Main, who had signed a pre-contract agreement with promotion rivals St Johnstone. Malkowski made a positive impression at Gretna, keeping several clean sheets, including a penalty save against Dundee that preserved a 1-0 win. Malkowski's performances contributed towards Gretna's promotion to the Scottish Premier League.
[edit] Loan spell at Inverness
Malkowski returned to Hibs after completing his loan spell at Gretna. He was still completely out of favour at Hibs, who had signed Yves Makabu-Makalambay to be their first choice goalkeeper. Malkowski played as a trialist in a match for Falkirk[6], who subsequently signed Tim Krul on loan from Newcastle United[7]. On 31 August 2007, he joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle on a season-long loan.[8] Malkowski made an error in his first match for ICT against Aberdeen, which they lost 2-1.
[edit] References
- ^ Mowbray hails 'keeper Malkowski. BBC. Retrieved on October 17, 2006.
- ^ Malkowski refuses to take blame. BBC. Retrieved on October 17, 2006.
- ^ Hibernian 0-4 Hearts. BBC. Retrieved on October 17, 2006.
- ^ Hibernian 2-2 Hearts. Colin Moffat, BBC. Retrieved on October 16, 2006.
- ^ Collins makes McNeil No.1 choice. BBC. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
- ^ Falkirk target Malkowski signing BBC Sport
- ^ Falkirk move for goalkeeper Krul BBC Sport
- ^ "Malkowski heads to Caley Thistle", BBC Sport, 31 August 2007. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
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