Bartek Sylwestrzak is a Polish football manager.

Early life

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As a child, Sylwestrzak was a competitive ballroom dancer as a child for a few years.[1]

Playing career

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As a footballer, Sylwestrzak played in the youth academy of Granica Bogatynia, joining at the age of fourteen.[2]

College career

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Sylwestrzak graduated from English university Loughborough University with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science and later obtained a master's degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology.[citation needed]

Managerial career

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Besides English clubs and Danish clubs, Sylwestrzak has worked with Belgian side AA Gent as well as with individual professional footballers all over Europe.[3] He worked with English side Brentford for four seasons.[4] Before becoming Brentford's ball-striking coach, he worked as a youth manager for the club.[5]

He has also worked at Danish side Midtjylland, where he worked with players from under-14 level to the senior first team, and analyzed how each player struck the ball in order to make create training plans for them.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Rewolucjonista, pasjonat, klasa światowa. Taką twarz polskiej myśli szkoleniowej chcemy oglądać". weszło.com. 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Bartek Sylwestrzak: Strzał to czysta radość". sport.pl. 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Bartek Sylwestrzak - ESPN article". 18 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Bartek Sylwestrzak - Newonce.net article". Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Brenford are the Championship's set-piece innovators with unusual free-kick routines". skysports.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ Ingle, Sean (27 July 2015). "How Midtjylland took the analytical route towards the Champions League". The Guardian. theguardian.com.