Łukasz Koszarek

Łukasz Koszarek (born January 12, 1984) is a Polish professional basketball player for Stelmet Zielona Góra of the Polish League. He is a 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) point guard.

Łukasz Koszarek
Koszarek with Zielona Góra in December 2013
No. 55 – Zastal Zielona Góra
PositionPoint guard
LeaguePLK
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1984-01-12) January 12, 1984
Września, Poland
NationalityPolish
Listed height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2006 / Undrafted
Playing career2003–present
Career history
2003–2006Polonia Warszawa
2006–2007Turów Zgorzelec
2007–2009Anwil Włocławek
2009–2011Juvecaserta
2011–2012Trefl Sopot
2012–2013Asseco Prokom
2013–presentStelmet Zielona Góra
Career highlights and awards

Professional career

Koszarek has spent most of his career in the Polish Basketball League. He made his debut for Polonia Warbud Warszawa in 2003-04, seeing limited action off the bench for the team. However, the following year, he saw significantly more action, averaging 11.6 points and 4.8 assists per game in leading the team to a third-place finish in the league.[1]

In 2008-09 season, he averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 assists per game for fourth-place Anwil Włocławek.[2] After a successful season in Anwil, he moved to Italy and signed a two-year contract with JuveCaserta, where he was just a backup point guard and didn’t see much playing time. In his last season abroad he averaged 4.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists.[3]

He came back to Poland in the summer of 2011, when he signed a contract with Trefl Sopot. In the 2011-12 season Koszarek was voted the MVP of the league and led Trefl to finals, where they lost to Asseco Prokom. Koszarek finished the season averaging 15.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game.[4]

The 2012-13 season Koszarek started in Asseco Prokom, but after the club struggled with financial problems, he moved to Zielona Góra in the middle of the season and won his first Polish championship title playing for Stelmet. After that season he signed a multi-year contract with the club.[5] Koszarek re-signed with the team on July 20, 2020.[6]

International career

Koszarek is also a member of the Polish national basketball team.[7] He was selected to the national team for the first time at EuroBasket 2007. He was also selected to play for the host Polish team at the EuroBasket 2009, where he ranked fifth on the team in points, fourth in rebounds, and second in assists.[8]

He also played at EuroBasket 2011, EuroBasket 2013, EuroBasket 2015, and EuroBasket 2017.

He was also a member of the Polish national team at Basketball World Cup 2019 in China,[9] where he averaged 2.5 points, 0.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 14 minutes per game.

Honours

Club
Anwil Wloclawek
Trefl Sopot
Zielona Góra

Individual

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2012–13 Asseco Prokom 10929.9.420.366.9032.94.01.1.111.111.6
2013–14 Zielona Góra 101031.3.378.314.8573.85.8.4.18.58.9
Career 201930.6.398.342.8953.44.9.8.19.810.2

References
  1. Player Profile at basketpedya.com
  3. "2010-11 Stats - Pepsi Caserta". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. PLK.PL. "Koszykówka - Polska Liga Koszykówki". Koszykówka - Polska Liga Koszykówki (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. "Łukasz Koszarek - Best Polish Point Guard in History". KodBonusowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. "Lukasz Koszarek re-signs with Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora". Sportando. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  7. Player Profile at eurobasket2009.org
  8. Poland team stats at eurobasket2009.org
  9. "Łukasz Koszarek - Best Polish Point Guard in History". KodBonusowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
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