Hieronim Barczak

Hieronim Barczak

Personal information
Full name	Hieronim Stefan Barczak
Date of birth	(1953-08-27) 27 August 1953
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1970	Polonia Poznań
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1971	Przemysław Poznań
1971	Polonia Poznań
1972–1986	Lech Poznań	369	(1)
1986–1988	FF Södertälje
International career
	Poland U21	2	(0)
1980	Poland	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hieronim Barczak (born 27 September 1953 in Poznań) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender, most noted for his captaincy of Lech Poznań. He was also capped 8 times for the Poland national team in 1980.

His football career started in 1967 at Polonia Poznań, before moving to Lech Poznań, where he spent fourteen seasons, most of it as the team's captain. He appeared in 367 top division matches (including 167 consecutive appearances), scoring one goal, the former of which is still a club record. He moved to Swedish side FF Södertälje in 1986, before his retirement from professional football in 1988.

Honours

Lech Poznań

• Ekstraklasa: 1982–83, 1983–84
• Polish Cup: 1981–82, 1983–84

Individual

• Lech Poznań All-time XI