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Tomasz Radzinski
Personal information
Radzinski with Canada in 2004
Date of birth	(1973-12-14) 14 December 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Height	1.74 m
Playing position	Striker, winger
Youth career
	Cuiavia Inowrocław
1987–1990	VfL Osnabrück
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–1993	North York Rockets	32	(7)
1994	St. Catharines Wolves	–	(–)
1994–1998	Germinal Ekeren	104	(42)
1998–2001	Anderlecht	77	(52)
2001–2004	Everton	91	(25)
2004–2007	Fulham	103	(11)
2007–2008	Skoda Xanthi	25	(14)
2008–2012	Lierse	86	(39)
2012	Waasland-Beveren	14	(7)
Total		500	(190)
National team
1994	Canada U23	3	(0)
1995–2009	Canada	46	(10)
Teams managed
2013–2015	Lierse (sporting director)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Tomasz Radzinski (born 15 December 1973) is a former professional soccer player. He played as a striker and winger. He played for many clubs in different countries. These included North York Rockets in Canada, and Germinal Ekeren and Anderlecht in Belgium. He also played for Everton and Fulham in England. Later, he joined Skoda Xanthi in Greece.

Tomasz was born in Poland. He moved to Canada when he was a teenager. He then played for the Canadian national team. He played 46 international matches for Canada between 1995 and 2009.

Playing for Clubs
Playing for His Country
After Playing Soccer
Career Statistics
Honours
See also

Playing for Clubs

Tomasz Radzinski started playing soccer as a young boy. He played for youth teams in Poland and Germany. In 1990, he joined the North York Rockets in Canada. He stayed with them until 1993. In 1994, he played for the St. Catharines Wolves.

Playing in Belgium

Radzinski then moved back to Europe. In 1994, he joined Germinal Ekeren in Belgium. He played very well there. Later, he signed with a big Belgian club, Anderlecht. He scored 57 goals in 90 games for them. He even scored five goals in the UEFA Champions League. With Anderlecht, he won the Belgian national championship twice.

Playing in England

After his time in Belgium, Radzinski moved to England. He joined Everton in 2001. Everton paid about £4.5 million for him. This was the highest amount ever paid for a Canadian player at that time. At Everton, he scored 25 goals in 91 games.

Later, he asked to move to another club. He then signed a three-year deal with Fulham F.C. for £1.75 million. He did not score as many goals at Fulham. However, fans liked him because he scored many important goals. He left Fulham at the end of the 2006–07 season. He had scored 17 goals in 117 games for them.

Playing in Greece and Back to Belgium

On 28 August 2007, Radzinski joined the Greek team Skoda Xanthi. He moved there for free.

A year later, on 30 August 2008, he signed a one-year contract. This was with Belgian Second Division club Lierse. He had wanted to leave Skoda Xanthi.

In January 2012, he signed a short-term deal. This was with another Belgian Second Division team, Waasland-Beveren. He stayed there until the end of the 2011–12 season.

Playing for His Country

Radzinski played for the Canada national team. His first game was in June 1995 against Turkey. He played a total of 46 games for Canada. He scored 10 goals, which makes him tied for 9th in all-time scoring for Canada.

Radzinski after a Canada - Mexico World Cup qualifying match in 2008.

There were some disagreements about his availability to play for Canada in 1999. But he later returned to the team. In October 2001, he said he wanted to play for Canada again. He has played for Canada in 19 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. These were for the 1998, 2006, and 2010 World Cup campaigns.

He also has a Belgian passport. He got it because he married someone from Belgium.

After Playing Soccer

After he stopped playing, Radzinski stayed in soccer. He was the technical director for the Belgian soccer club Lierse S.K.. He held this job from 2013 to 2015.

Career Statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Canada	1995	4	0
	1996	7	1
	1997	2	0
	1998	0	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	0	0
	2001	1	0
	2002	2	2
	2003	3	2
	2004	7	2
	2005	2	0
	2006	4	1
	2007	4	1
	2008	9	1
	2009	1	0
Total		46	10

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

List of international goals scored by Tomasz Radzinski
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 January 1996	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States	Brazil	1–3	1–4	1996 Gold Cup
2	15 May 2002	Espenmoos, St. Gallen, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	3–1	Friendly
3	15 May 2002	Espenmoos, St. Gallen, Switzerland	Switzerland	3–0	3–1	Friendly
4	11 October 2003	Ratina Stadium, Tampere, Finland	Finland	1–3	2–3	Friendly
5	15 November 2003	Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic	Czech Republic	1–5	1–5	Friendly
6	13 June 2004	Richardson Memorial Stadium, Kingston, Canada	Belize	2–0	4–0	2006 World Cup qualification
7	16 June 2004	Richardson Memorial Stadium, Kingston, Canada	Belize	1–0	4–0	2006 World Cup qualification
8	8 October 2006	National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica	Jamaica	1–0	1–2	Friendly
9	25 March 2007	Bermuda National Stadium, Hamilton, Bermuda	Bermuda	2–0	3–0	Friendly
10	15 October 2008	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada	Mexico	2–1	2–2	2010 World Cup qualifier