Jerzy "Jurek" Dudek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈdudɛk]); born 23 March 1973 in Rybnik) is a Polish football goalkeeper who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid C.F. and Poland. Dudek won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool F.C. in 2005 and is his country's second-most capped goalkeeper with 59 caps.
Dudek began playing football at youth level at twelve for Górnik II Knurów. At sixteen, he made his debut in the oldest youth team of G...
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Jerzy "Jurek" Dudek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈdudɛk]); born 23 March 1973 in Rybnik) is a Polish football goalkeeper who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid C.F. and Poland. Dudek won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool F.C. in 2005 and is his country's second-most capped goalkeeper with 59 caps.
Dudek began playing football at youth level at twelve for Górnik II Knurów. At sixteen, he made his debut in the oldest youth team of Górnik Knurów, before moving to Concordia Knurów in the Polish third division two years later. He set a goalkeeping record of 416 minutes in the third division without conceding a goal. After four years at the club, he moved to Sokół Tychy, making his debut against Legia Warsaw. He only played fifteen games before moving to Holland.
He left Poland in 1996 to join Feyenoord, but had to wait a year before he made his debut, then played 140 consecutive games for the club. He won his first trophy in the 1998-99 season, along with the Dutch Super...
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