| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aleksander Dominik Kłak | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1970-11-24) 24 November 1970 (age 54) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nowy Sącz, Polish People’s Republic | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Dunajec Nowy Sącz | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1992 | Igloopol Dębica | 32+ | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Olimpia Poznań | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1995 | Górnik Zabrze | 37 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | SV Straelen | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | FC Homburg | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Bonner SC | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2002 | Royal Antwerp | 53 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | FC Denderleeuw | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | De Graafschap | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland Olympic | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1997 | Poland | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Royal Antwerp (goalkeeping coach) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Aleksander Dominik Kłak (born 24 November 1970) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Kłak was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal.
After retiring from playing due to ongoing injury problems, he became a goalkeeping coach at Royal Antwerp and a bus driver for the Antwerp public transportation network.
He also battled clinical depression after retirement, and says his recovery was aided, among others, by the help of the Capucin monks and his subsequent rediscovery of his faith.
Honours
Poland Olympic
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksander Kłak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- "Co robią znani polscy sportowcy na emeryturze? Wuefista, ratownik medyczny i kierowca autobusu" (in Polish). onet.pl. 16 October 2020.
- Dariusz Dobek (24 November 2020). "Dostałem nowe życie" (in Polish). onet.pl.
- "Aleksander Kłak". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
External links
- Aleksander Kłak at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Aleksander Kłak at Olympedia (archive)
- Aleksander Kłak at Olympics.com
- Aleksander Kłak at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)
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