Daniel Piorkowski

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Daniel Piorkowski
Personal information
Full name Daniel Piorkowski
Date of birth (1984-01-12) 12 January 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back / right back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005 Melbourne Knights FC 26 (0)
2005–2008 Melbourne Victory FC 30 (0)
2008 Newcastle Jets FC 7 (0)
2009–2011 Gold Coast United FC 2 (0)
International career‡
2002–2003 Australia U-20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 October 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Daniel Piorkowski (born 12 January 1984) is an Australian footballer.

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Club career

Melbourne Knights

His progress as a footballer was delayed by a knee reconstruction, sustained during his playing days with ex NSL club Melbourne Knights FC. Daniel also was a member of the Australian Under 20 Side and missed out on a place in the Under-20 World Cup due to a knee reconstruction. [1]

Melbourne Victory

After signing for Melbourne Victory, Piorkowski made 11 appearances and was signed to a new two-year deal in April 2006. [2] Piorkowski was an important part of the Victory defence during their premiership winning season in 06/07 along with Adrian Leijer and Rodrigo Vargas. He unfortunately injured his knee during the season and did not feature in the finals series. [3] [4] On 13 February 2008 he was tabled a new contract by Victory but remained undecided whether to stay with the club. [5] On 13 May 2008 he finally decided to pursue his ambitions of playing in Europe. [6] [7] [8]

Newcastle Jets

On 13 September 2008 he signed a short deal after a week-long trial to cover injured defender Shaun Ontong. [9] [10]

Gold Coast United

On 20 November 2008 he joined Gold Coast United FC on a two-year deal. [11] [12]

Honours

Melbourne Victory

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References

  1. ↑ Top Knights teenager out for season
  2. ↑ Melbourne duo solid in defence Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Trio reunite in heart of Victory's defence
  4. ↑ Injury forces Piorkowski out
  5. ↑ Two sign for Victory but more deals are pending [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Piorkowski set to chase European dream Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Piorkowski starts European adventure
  8. ↑ Piorkowski quits Victory for europe
  9. ↑ "Jets Check Out Piorkowski". Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  10. ↑ Jets Sign Up Piorkowski Archived 18 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Piorkowski Off To Gold Coast Too Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Six more names confirmed for United Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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