Daria Antończyk
Daria Antończyk in 2013
Personal information
Full name Daria Antończyk
Date of birth (1983-12-07) 7 December 1983
Place of birth Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Wałbrzych
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2013 Unia Racibórz
2013–2014 Ajax 4 (0)
2014– AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych
International career‡
2009– Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:02, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

Daria Antończyk (born 7 December 1983) is a Polish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych and the Poland women's national football team. Antończyk was previously an amateur boxer and won a bronze medal at the 2002 Polish Boxing Championship.

Biography

Antończyk comes from Hawk Zdroj, Poland, and grew up in a family that engaged in several sports. Before taking up football she was a cross-country runner, played volleyball competitively, and took up boxing.[1]

Club career

Antończyk took up football after agreeing to accompany a college friend to a trial with their local club RTP Unia Racibórz. With Unia Racibórz, Antończyk started playing as a forward but soon switched to goalkeeper.[1] She signed a one-year contract with Dutch BeNe League club Ajax Amsterdam in September 2013.[2]

International career

Antończyk made her debut for Poland women's national football team in a 2–0 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying win over Romania women's national football team at Dyskobolia Stadium in October 2009.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Karpeta, Adrian (27 January 2006). "Miss stoi w bramce" (in Polish). Naszemiasto.pl. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Antończyk op weg naar Ajax: Dit is de kans van mijn leven" (in Dutch). Voetbal Centraal. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Dusik, Jerzy (24 November 2009). "Wywiad z Darią Antończyk" (in Polish). RTP Unia Racibórz. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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