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3 unusual facts about Wojciech Szczęsny


Wojciech Szczęsny

Szczęsny trained at Agrykola Warsaw as a young player; soon, Legia Warsaw's goalkeeping coach, Krzysztof Dowhań, was so impressed with the young keeper, he allowed him to take part in a training camp with Legia's first team at the age of 15, joining them afterwards.

His performance in this match earned him praise from former German international goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn.

In the second half of the match Szczęsny fouled Dimitris Salpingidis in order to prevent him from scoring a second goal for Greece.



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