Return to Poland after 10 years
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Almost ten years after his departure, Rafal Gikiewicz is moving back to Poland. The 36-year-old goalkeeper was seen in photos on Monday that showed him undergoing a medical check at Widzew Lodz. The table 14th. The Ekstraklasa had shared these on the club’s own channels. The official presentation should follow soon.
Gikiewicz was most recently under contract with MKE Ankaragücü in Turkey, but lost his regular place to Bahadır Güngördü (28) after seven appearances at the start of the season. The engagement, which was originally planned to last until the summer, was ended prematurely at the beginning of February.
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In Lodz, Gikiewicz can hope to play in the Ekstraklasa for the first time since 2013/14. At that time he was recommended by Slask Wroclaw for a move to Eintracht Braunschweig. The goalkeeper played a total of 226 games in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga for Lower Saxony, SC Freiburg, Union Berlin and FC Augsburg. At his future club he will meet an old acquaintance in Sebastian Kerk, both of whom briefly played together for Freiburg at the beginning of the 2016/17 season.
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