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{{Short description|Polish footballer (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dariusz Adamczuk
| image = 
| fullname = Dariusz Adamczuk<ref>{{Cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002–03 |year=2002 |publisher=Harpenden: Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-1-85291-648-0 |page=13}}</ref>
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1969|10|21}}
| birth_place = [[Szczecin]], [[Polish People’s Republic]]
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[midfielder]]
| years1 = 1987–1992
| clubs1 = [[Pogoń Szczecin]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1992–1993
| clubs2 = [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1993–1994
| clubs3 = [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1993–1994
| clubs4 = [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1994–1995
| clubs5 = [[CF Belenenses|Belenenses]]
| caps5 = 5
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1995
| clubs6 = [[Pogoń Szczecin]]
| caps6 = 6
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1996–1999
| clubs7 = [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]]
| caps7 = 103
| goals7 = 8
| years8 = 1999–2002
| clubs8 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]
| caps8 = 13
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2001
| clubs9 = → [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] (loan)
| caps9 = 3
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2006
| clubs10 = Pogoń Szczecin Nowa
| caps10 = 
| goals10 = 
| years11 = 2010
| clubs11 = [[Pogoń Szczecin II]]
| caps11 = 
| goals11 = 
| years12 = 2012–2016
| clubs12 = Mewa Resko
| caps12 = 
| goals12 = 
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = [[Poland national under-16 football team|Poland U16]] 
| nationalcaps1 = 2 
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 
| nationalteam2 = [[Poland national under-18 football team|Poland U18]] 
| nationalcaps2 = 
| nationalgoals2 = 
| nationalyears3 = 
| nationalteam3 = [[Poland Olympic football team|Poland Olympic]] 
| nationalcaps3 =  
| nationalgoals3 =
| nationalyears4 = 1992–1999
| nationalteam4 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| nationalcaps4 = 11
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{POL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]]|[[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}

'''Dariusz Adamczuk''' (born 21 October 1969) is a Polish former professional [[Association football|footballer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dariusz Adamczuk |url=https://olimpijski.pl/olimpijczycy/dariusz-adamczuk/ |website=olimpijski.pl |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>

==Career==

===Club===
He started his career with [[Pogoń Szczecin]] during the 1987–88 season, before moving on to play for [[Eintracht Frankfurt]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/adamczukdariusz/ |title=Dariusz Adamczuk |language=de |publisher=fussballdaten.de |access-date=21 February 2010}}</ref> [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]], [[Udinese Calcio]] and [[Belenenses]].

It was in the 1999–00 season that he would get his big break, signing on a free transfer for Scottish champions [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] from Dundee. He started off as a regular in the Rangers team, making 16 appearances up to and including a [[UEFA Cup]] tie against [[Borussia Dortmund]] on 7 December 1999, but didn't make any further appearances that season.<ref>{{Soccerbase season|11359|1999|name=Dariusz Adamczuk|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref> The following season he made 3 appearances in the league across October and November 2000, however these would be his last appearances for Rangers.<ref>{{Soccerbase season|11359|2000|name=Dariusz Adamczuk|access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref> He had a loan spell at English club [[Wigan Athletic]] in 2001. In 2002 it was reported that he was suffering from depression.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2178092.stm |title=Depression strikes Adamczuk |publisher=BBC |date=7 August 2002 |access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref> Adamczuk retired in 2002,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/rangers/2486245.stm |title=Adamczuk leaves Rangers |publisher=BBC |date=17 November 2002 |access-date=2 May 2017}}</ref> then returned in 2006 to play for Pogoń Szczecin Nowa.

===National team===
He was a member of the [[Poland national football team|Poland]] team that won the silver medal at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]].

In eleven matches for Poland, his solitary goal was against [[England national football team|England]] in 1993 during a World Cup qualifier at the [[Stadion Śląski]] in [[Chorzów]].

==Honours==
'''Rangers'''<ref name="90m">{{cite web |title=Dariusz Adamczuk |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=4 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[Scottish Premier League]]: [[1999–2000 Scottish Premier League|1999–2000]]
* [[Scottish Cup]]: [[1999–2000 Scottish Cup|1999–2000]], [[2001–02 Scottish Cup|2001–02]]

'''Poland Olympic'''
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] silver medal: [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]<ref name="90m"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|dariusz-adamczuk|oc_archive=20200207041006|org_archive=20200207101459}}
* {{PKOl profile|dariusz-adamczuk|old_id=7,adamczuk-dariusz|archive=20200207025455}}

{{Poland football squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
{{Dundee F.C. Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:Footballers from Szczecin]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
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