Tomasz Ptak
Ptak with Stomil Olsztyn in 2012
Personal information
Full name Tomasz Ptak
Date of birth (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992
Place of birth Braniewo, Poland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Zatoka Braniewo
Number 92
Youth career
2006–2008 Zatoka Braniewo
2008–2009 MSP Szamotuły
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Sparta Szamotuły
2010–2011 Górnik Konin 14 (0)
2011–2013 Jagiellonia Białystok 9 (0)
2012 → Stomil Olsztyn (loan) 17 (0)
2013 → Motor Lublin (loan) 14 (0)
2013 Jagiellonia Białystok II 2 (0)
2013–2014 Zagłębie Lubin II 5 (0)
2013–2015 Zagłębie Lubin 8 (0)
2015–2021 Zatoka Braniewo
2022– Zatoka Braniewo
International career
2009 Poland U17 1 (0)
2012 Poland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2023

Tomasz Ptak (born 9 February 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Zatoka Braniewo.[1] He joined the Polish Land Forces in 2016 and was assigned to duty in Latvia following the 2020–21 season.[1][2]

Football career

Zatoka Braniewo was his first youth team; he was admitted to MSP Szamotuły football academy in 2007, where he worked with goalkeeping coach Andrzej Dawidziuk, who he credits with being an early inspiration.[3][4] He played for Sparta Szamotuły during the 2009–10 season; on 28 October 2009, he played 90 minutes for Poland's U17 team against Bulgaria.[3] He briefly played for Górnik Konin in the fall of 2010.[3][5] His debut came on 1 October 2011; Jaga defeated Zagłębie Lubin.[6] He was relegated back to the Młoda Ekstraklasa team after Grzegorz Sandomierski returned from playing abroad.[6][3] In 2011, he was flown to England to train with Liverpool goalkeepers for eight days.[5]

When he returned, he signed a four-year contract with Jagiellonia Białystok.[7][8][3] In the summer of 2012, he went to Stomil on loan, where he played 17 games and remained until November.[9][10][6][11] In the short break period between leaving Stomil and returning to Jaga, Ptak played in a friendly Poland U21 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[12][13] In 2013, he was loaned to Motor Lublin on a six-month contract.[9][14] At the end of the summer, he left Jaga to sign a three-year contract with Zagłębie Lubin, where he was placed on the reserve team.[15][16][17] Prior to signing with Lubin, he attended training camp for Wisła Płock.[18] He stayed in Lubin until 2015 and played 8 games total.[19] At this time, he was pursued by Olimpia but ultimately returned to Zakota Braniewo to play for his home club.[20][19] Zakota played in the 2017 Polish championships.[21][22]

In 2016, Ptak joined the Polish Land Forces and in 2021, he left Zakota to deploy to Latvia as part of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence campaign.[2][1]

Personal life

Ptak was born 9 February 1992 in Braniewo, Warmia-Mazury Province, Poland and is a lifelong Liverpool and Jerzy Dudek fan.[4][3] He believes goalkeeper training is lacking and wants to become a goalkeeper coach after he retires from playing.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "TOMASZ PTAK OPUSZCZA ZATOKĘ BRANIEWO" (in Polish). dwadozera. 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  2. 1 2 Andrearczyk, Wojciech (2016-06-03). "Minister zapewnił: przyszłość brygady będzie dobra" (in Polish). Portal Braniewo. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "ONBG: Tomasz Ptak" (in Polish). iGol. 2011-04-22. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  4. 1 2 Kostka, Krzysztof (2021-02-09). "9 lutego urodzili się Radosław Soszyński, Daniel Chyła i Tomasz Ptak" (in Polish). Zaglebiak. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  5. 1 2 Kłos, David (2011-01-07). "Piłka nożna - Ptak na stażu w Liverpool'u" (in Polish). szamotuly naszemiasto. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  6. 1 2 3 Nowocień, Maciej (2012-07-16). "Tomasz Ptak bramki Stomilu będzie strzegł przez rok" (in Polish). Wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  7. ↑ "Jagiellonia Białystok wypożyczyła dwóch piłkarzy do Stomilu Olsztyn" (in Polish). onet sport. 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  8. ↑ "Ptak w Jagiellonii" (in Polish). iGol. 2011-01-18. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  9. 1 2 "Tomasz Ptak w Motorze Lublin" (in Polish). Stomil Olsztyn. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  10. ↑ "Stomil zrezygnował z pięciu zawodników" (in Polish). Stomil Olsztyn. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  11. ↑ "Ptak: Życzę Stomilowi utrzymania" (in Polish). Stomil Olsztyn. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  12. ↑ "U-23: Tomasz Ptak powołany na mecz z Bośnią i Hercegowiną" (in Polish). Stomil Osztyn. 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  13. ↑ "U-23: Tomasz Ptak zagrał z Bośnią i Hercegowiną" (in Polish). Stomil Olsztyn. 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  14. ↑ Puka, Marcin (2013-01-22). "Piłka nożna: Damian Kądzior i Tomasz Ptak trenują z Motorem Lublin" (in Polish). Lfubelski kurier. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  15. ↑ "To oni zagrają o "być albo nie być". Młodzież walczy o igrzyska" (in Polish). Euro Sport TVN24. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  16. ↑ "Tomasz Ptak powołany na mecze reprezentacji Polski" (in Polish). Ikat Gazeta Braniewska. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  17. ↑ "T-ME: Zagłębia ograło Podbeskidzie" (in Polish). Polska Pilka. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  18. ↑ "Tomasz Ptak sprawdzany przez Wisłę Płock" (in Polish). Stomil Olsztyn. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  19. 1 2 3 "Tomasz Ptak: Mam mega pozytywne wspomnienia" (in Polish). Stomil Olsztyn. 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  20. ↑ "Olimpia wygrała z KS Chwaszczyno (piłka nożna)" (in Polish). Portel. 2015-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  21. ↑ "Tomasz Ptak bohaterem pucharu" (in Polish). Gazeta Olsztynska. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  22. ↑ "Za głęboka ta Zatoka" (in Polish). Portel: Elblaska Gazeta Internetowa. 2020-08-01. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
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