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Jakub Błaszczykowski Captains Boyhood Club Wisla Krakow After 12 Years Away

Jakub Błaszczykowski Captains Boyhood Club Wisla Krakow After 12 Years Away

He is not receiving a wage from the club, while he is contributing around 1.3 million zloty (£300,000) of his own money to his former team.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Jakub Błaszczykowski swapped packed crowds in the Bundesliga for a home pitch that looks more like something me or you would play on in Sunday League, such is his loyalty to Wisla Krakow.

The former Borussia Dortmund and Wolfsburg winger has returned to boyhood club, where he won the Polish Ekstraklasa before he moved to the German top tier and experienced a meteoric rise to the top level of European football.

With Wisla experiencing some serious financial difficulties, 'Kuba' will not receive a salary during his second stint at the club and on top of that, the Polish winger is assisting the club financially, contributing around 1.3 million zloty (£300,000) of his own money to his former team so that outstanding wages can be paid.
At the start of the month, Wolfsburg announced that they mutually agreed to terminate the player's contract with immediate effect and the 33-year old started training with Wisla back in his homeland.

And on Wednesday, 12 years on from his last appearance in a Wisla shirt, Błaszczykowski made his big return - captaining the side in a friendly against Garbarnia Kraków at the club's training base.

The two-time Bundesliga winner was playing his first game since November and so naturally he was eased into action, turning out for the first 45 minutes before being taken off at half-time by manager Maciej Stolarczyk.

Błaszczykowski is the most capped player for Poland, making 104 appearances in total for his national side, while he has also won the Polish Footballer of the Year award on two occasions.

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Topics: Football News, Football, Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund

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