Tomasz Rząsa

Rząsa in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Tomasz Rząsa
Date of birth	(1973-03-11) 11 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lech Poznań (sporting director)
Youth career
1986–1988	Cracovia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Cracovia	25	(4)
1992–1994	Sokół Pniewy	66	(25)
1995	Grasshoppers	21	(5)
1996	Lugano	9	(2)
1996	Grasshoppers	9	(1)
1997	Young Boys	12	(6)
1997–1999	De Graafschap	50	(4)
1999–2003	Feyenoord	90	(1)
2003–2004	Partizan	18	(0)
2004–2005	Heerenveen	23	(0)
2005–2006	ADO Den Haag	25	(0)
2006–2008	Ried	58	(0)
Total		408	(48)
International career
1994–2006	Poland	36	(1)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Lech Poznań (assistant)
2018	Lech Poznań (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomasz Mariusz Rząsa (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈʐɔ̃sa]; born 11 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who primarily played as a left back and sometimes as a left midfielder who currently serves as the sporting director of Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.

During his career, Rząsa represented Cracovia and Sokół Pniewy (pl) (Poland), Grasshoppers (Switzerland), Lugano (Switzerland), Young Boys (Switzerland), De Graafschap (Netherlands), Feyenoord (Netherlands), Partizan (Serbia), Heerenveen (Netherlands), ADO Den Haag (Netherlands) and Ried (Austria).

While playing with Grasshoppers, he won two Swiss National League championships, in 1994–95 and 1995–96 seasons.

He played for Feyenoord between 1999 and 2003, where he failed to win any domestic title with the club, but did win the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, by beating Borussia Dortmund in the final. Consequently, they played the 2002 UEFA Super Cup, but lost against Real Madrid. Rząsa played both finals.

With Partizan, he was the newcomer alongside Ljubinko Drulović, Taribo West and others, where he helped the club reach the Champions League group stage.

In 2006, he came to Austria and signed with SV Ried, where he was decisive in helping them to achieve their greatest ever result – finishing as runners-up in the 2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga. He played an impressive 58 league matches in just two seasons with Ried.

Rząsa represented Poland in 36 international matches between 1994 and 2006, and scored one goal.^[1]

He was part of the Polish team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Upon finishing his playing career, he was an assistant manager at Lech Poznań under Maciej Skorża during the 2014–15 season, and under Rafał Ulatowski in May 2018.^[2][3]

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

List of international goals scored by Tomasz Rząsa

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 December 1994	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	2–1	2–1	Friendly

Grasshoppers

• Swiss Super League: 1995–96, 1996–97

Feyenoord

• Johan Cruijff Shield: 1999
• UEFA Cup: 2001–02

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomasz Rząsa.

• Tomasz Rząsa – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Tomasz Rząsa at National-Football-Teams.com
• Tomasz Rząsa at 90minut.pl (in Polish)