MAREK SAGANOWSKI

'Marek Saganowski' (born October 31, 1978 in Łódź) is a Polish footballer (forward) who plays for English Championship side Southampton.

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Playing career

Poland

Troyes

Southampton

External links

Playing career

Poland

Marek Saganowski began his career in 1994 with Polish club ŁKS Łódź and played there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and at Hamburg in early 1997. Neither of these loan spells was a particular success and he returned to ŁKS in the summer of 1997 to rebuild his career. In 1997-98 he made 22 appearances for ŁKS Łódź, but his career was interrupted by a serious motor-cycle accident in 1998 following which he was unable to walk. He slowly recovered from the injuries, and returned to playing for ŁKS Łódź, although his goal-scoring abilities did not recover initially.
He moved to Wisła Płock in 2000 and then to Odra Wodzisław the following year. He switched to Legia Warszawa in January 2003 where he returned to form, scoring 41 goals in 67 games. In 2005 he moved to Portugal's Vitoria Guimaraes where he notched 12 goals in his one season there. It was here that he was first known as ''Sagan''. He has also appeared 15 times for the Polish national football team, scoring three goals.

Troyes

At the beginning of the 2006-07 season he moved to French club Troyes AC for £1 million, but only made six substitute appearances for them and failed to score, spending most of his time in the reserves.

Southampton

Saganowski joined Southampton on loan on 30 January 2007 until the end of the 2006-07 season.[1] He made a successful start to his Saints career, scoring 10 goals in his first 13 league games including a hat-trick in the 6-0 defeat of Wolverhampton Wanderers on 31 March 2007. His goals helped lift the Saints out of the doldrums they were in at the end of January and push them into a play-off position. He likes the ball at his feet and drops deep, pulling central defenders out of position. Although he featured in both play-off games he failed to score despite hitting the post as Saints went out to Derby County in a penalty shootout.
On June 10 2007, Southampton and Troyes AC agreed a fee of £680,000 (€1million) for the Polish international according to the French club's website. [2]. This transfer was finally confirmed on the official Southampton website on June 28 2007. Saganowski has signed a three-year contract.[3]

External links

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★ Player's official website (in Polish)