Playing career
He had played in the Lechia senior team for three seasons. In 1999, Banaczek signed a 2-year contract with Bayern Munich II. In the new club, Dawid played for two seasons for the reserves team.
In 2001, he had signed a contract with the Swedish club IFK Norrköping in which he debuted in Allsvenskan. Between 2001 and 2003, Banaczek (with a short, three-month interval in RKS Radomsko), played continuously for the IFK.
In 2005, he moved to Ekstraklasa side Amica Wronki. Under supervision of coach Maciej Skorża, he spent one round as a substitute.
He enjoyed his greatest successes as a player in Zagłębie Lubin, with whom, in the 2006–07 season, he won the championship of Poland. A year prior, Zagłębie finished the season in 3rd. Beside Zagłębie and Amica Wronki, Banaczek played in two more teams of the Ekstraklasa: RKS Radomsko and Widzew Łódź.
The last high-level stop in his football career was the Czech team Sigma Olomouc, whom he joined in 2007.
Personal life
Dawid is married to Anna Iga. Together they have a daughter Laura, who is an artistic gymnast in SGA Gdynia.
In 2011, Dawid Banaczek has established the Football Pro Academy. The principal goal of the academy, to be achieved within several years, is to search for talents and children with passion and enthusiasm to practice this sport, and subsequently, beginning of trainings on a more advanced level.
Banaczek speaks English and German.
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