Igor Sypniewski was a Polish professional footballer who played as a forward.
21 Facts About Igor Sypniewski
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Igor Sypniewski reportedly had his first beer and cigarette when he was 8 years old, whilst hanging around the Koziny area where he would go on to frequent during his life.
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Igor Sypniewski started playing for PTC Pabianice aged 11, his first formal club.
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Igor Sypniewski had behavioural problems early on, frequently getting into fights with players from other neighbourhoods.
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Igor Sypniewski then spent several seasons playing in the Greek Super League with Kavala, Panathinaikos FC and OFI Crete.
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Igor Sypniewski appeared in the UEFA Champions League with Panathinaikos, one of the powerhouses of Greek football, and was overall reasonably successful with the club, even though he failed to win the Greek championship.
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Igor Sypniewski later said that United player David Beckham, whom he nutmegged in the game, was average and that he had played against many better footballers in Greece.
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Igor Sypniewski scored a goal against Arsenal which was at the time guarded by goalkeeper David Seaman.
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Igor Sypniewski broke his arm and his play progressively deteriorated; he left Panathinaikos soon after.
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Igor Sypniewski briefly appeared at OFI Crete but he only made 10 appearances before the club released him.
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In 1999 and 2001, Igor Sypniewski made two appearances for the Poland national team; against New Zealand and Cameroon respectively.
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Igor Sypniewski then signed on with the Swedish club Halmstad.
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Igor Sypniewski scored nine goals in 13 games during the spring in the 2003 Allsvenskan season, which rendered him a reputation as a fearsome striker in the series.
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Igor Sypniewski snubbed international invitations from the Poland national team to focus on his club performances.
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Igor Sypniewski was suspended by the club from taking part in the final game of the season, since he had agreed to join Malmo FF on a free transfer for the 2004 season.
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When Igor Sypniewski departed, Afonso Alves moved up to a striking position, where he fired Malmo to the championship.
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Igor Sypniewski was not given a medal due to not appearing in a sufficient number of games.
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Igor Sypniewski turned up at bottom side Trelleborgs FF in a desperate attempt to save the strugglers from relegation, but Sypniewski was completely out of shape and out of the club following a few matches.
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Igor Sypniewski then made a shocking return to Malmo to play with Bunkeflo in the third-tier division.
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Igor Sypniewski openly talked about his continued suffering from clinical depression, gambling addiction and alcoholism, stating that he frequently binge drank after taking strong anti-psychotic medication.
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Igor Sypniewski had made a suicide attempt and suffered a stroke.