Grzegorz Rasiak

Rasiak is the kind of striker I have a soft spot for: a 6 ft 3 in Polish target man who earned his stripes at home before braving the gritty English game with Derby County in 2004. He was never a marquee name, but that is exactly what draws me to him. Forwards like this do the unglamorous work of holding the ball up, winning the physical battles, and grinding out goals across a journeyman career. I read him as a durable, hard-nosed professional rather than a flashy talent, and there is real dignity in that kind of football life. I respect his persistence.

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Name (English)

Grzegorz Rasiak

Name (Japanese)

グジェゴシュ・ラシャク

Reading

ぐじぇごしゅ・らしゃく

Born

January 12, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzegorz%20Rasiak
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444453

Tags

• West Pomeranian Voivodeship
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.