Ebi Smolarek

Born in Łódź, Smolarek grew up in the Netherlands, where his father, Włodzimierz Smolarek, played in the Eredivisie and later worked as a coach.^[8] Smolarek went through the Feyenoord youth system and made it all the way to the first team.^[9]

On 24 August 2007, Smolarek signed with Racing de Santander for a reported €4.8 million.^[10]

On 29 August 2008, Racing loaned Smolarek to Bolton Wanderers for the season, with a view to signing him permanently.^[11] Smolarek's debut for his new club came as the team lost 3–1 to Arsenal on 20 September 2008.^[12]

On 3 January 2009, Smolarek scored his first, and only, goal for Bolton in the FA Cup 3rd Round match away to Sunderland^[13] but at the end of the season the club decided not to make his loan permanent. On 10 August 2009 he was released by Racing.^[14]

Despite some interest from Bundesliga clubs at the start of the 2009–10 season,^[15] Smolarek signed on 14 December 2009 with Kavala until 30 June 2012.^[16] On 25 July 2010, he and the club agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent.^[17] He signed a two-year contract with Polonia Warsaw on 27 July 2010.^[17] On 29 July 2011, Smolarek agreed to cancel his contract with Polonia due to his financial expectations.^[18]

Smolarek also played for Ekstraklasa side Jagiellonia Białystok.^[19]

A Polish international since 2002, Smolarek was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup but failed to score any goals.

He was Poland's and Group A's top scorer in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying scoring nine goals, beating Cristiano Ronaldo. Smolarek scored a hat-trick against Kazakhstan in Warsaw. He played all of the nation's matches in Switzerland and Austria, as Poland exited in the group stages.

In a memorable feat, he was the first Pole to score a goal against Portugal in 20 years, the previous one being his father. Impressively, he scored both goals in a 2–1 win in a Euro 2008-qualifying match.^[20]

On 1 April 2009, Smolarek scored four goals against San Marino. This made him top goal scorer for group three and tied him with Belgium's Wesley Sonck for second highest goal scorer for the European Zone of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification.^[21]

Smolarek is the son of another Polish international, Włodzimierz Smolarek. He was named after Portuguese footballer Eusébio.^[22] With his Dutch fiancée Thirza van Giessen he has a son (b. 27 April 2010), named Mees.^[23]

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Feyenoord	2000–01	Eredivisie	25	3	0	0	2[b]	0	27	3
	2001–02	Eredivisie	19	2	1	0	7[c]	0	27	2
	2002–03	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2003–04	Eredivisie	21	7	0	0	1[b]	0	22	7
	2004–05	Eredivisie	3	0	0	0	4[b]	0	7	0
	Total		68	12	1	0	14	0	83	12
Borussia Dortmund	2004–05	Bundesliga	15	3	0	0	0	0	15	3
	2005–06	Bundesliga	34	13	1	0	2[d]	0	37	13
	2006–07	Bundesliga	30	9	2	0	0	0	32	9
	2007–08	Bundesliga	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
	Total		81	25	4	1	2	0	87	26
Racing Santander	2007–08	La Liga	34	4	6	2	—		40	6
Bolton Wanderers (loan)	2008–09	Premier League	12	0	1	1	—		13	1
Kavala	2009–10	Super League Greece	15	3	3	0	—		18	3
Polonia Warsaw	2010–11	Ekstraklasa	23	7	3	0	—		26	7
Al-Khor	2011–12	Qatar Stars League	10	3	0	0	—		10	3
ADO Den Haag	2011–12	Eredivisie	12	2	0	0	—		12	2
Jagiellonia	2012–13	Ekstraklasa	20	4	3	1	—		23	5
Career total			275	60	21	5	16	0	312	65

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1. [a]

   Includes KNVB Cup, DFB-Pokal, Copa del Rey, FA Cup, Greek Football Cup, Polish Cup
2. [b]

   Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
3. [c]

   Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Cup
4. [d]

   Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year^[24]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2002	1	0
	2004	2	0
	2005	7	3
	2006	11	4
	2007	6	6
	2008	11	2
	2009	5	4
	2010	4	1
Total		47	20

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Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Smolarek goal.

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List of international goals scored by Ebi Smolarek

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	3 September 2005	Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland	Austria	1–0	3–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[25]
2	17 October 2005	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Iceland	3–2	3–2	Friendly	[26]
3	13 November 2005	Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Spain	Ecuador	2–0	3–0	Friendly	[27]
4	3 June 2006	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany	Croatia	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[28]
5	7 October 2006	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	[29]
6	11 October 2006	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Portugal	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	[30]
7				2–0
8	2 June 2007	Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	1–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	[31]
9	13 October 2007	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Kazakhstan	1–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	[32]
10				2–1
11				3–1
12	17 November 2007	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Belgium	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying	[33]
13				2–0
14	10 September 2008	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[34]
15	15 October 2008	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia	1–0	1–2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[35]
16	1 April 2009	Stadion Miejski, Kielce, Poland	San Marino	2–0	10–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[36]
17				6–0
18				8–0
19				9–0
20	12 October 2010	Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Canada	Ecuador	1–1	2–2	Friendly	[37]

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Feyenoord

• UEFA Cup: 2001–02

Individual

• Polish Footballer of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007^[38]