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WARSAW, Poland. Nov 26 — Born in Tychy, Poland Lukas Sinkiewicz is yet another footballer who plays in the Bundesliga which has come under the magnifying glass of Poland coach Franciszek Smuda. The 24-year-old Bayer Leverkusen defender played as much as 71 matches in the Bundesliga and has appeared three times for the German national team.
Sinkiewicz had only appeared internationally for Germany in friendly sanctioned games, so in accordance with FIFA regulations there would not be any obstacles that would stop the Bayer defender from wearing the white eagle over his chest.
Having been born in Tychy, the player moved to Germany at a young age such as that of Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose. He quickly earned recognition at the German youth level and represented Germany's U-19 team at the 2004 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and the U-21 squad at the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006.Despite being only 24-years of age the Polish-born German has a lot of experience. 71 matches in the Bundesliga under his belt is a feat itself to consider. Sinkiewicz is also impressive in physical build, being 191 cm tall, with heading being one of his main footballing strengths.
It is worth to note, that the idea of considering Sinkiewicz for the Bialo-czerwoni came from Smuda's assistant coach, Tomasz Waldoch, who knows the Bundesliga inside and out after spending majority of his playing career there.
"I can not exclude that Sinkiewicz will get a chance. I know him well and know about his Polish roots. But the decisive decision will come from coach Smuda," Waldoch said in an interview with Super Express.
The popular 'Franz' admits that he intends to carefully take a look at Sinkiewicz and may soon get in touch with the player himself.
"If you played for more than 70 games in the Bundesliga, it certainly means you know how to play ball. And since by the time the UEFA EURO 2012 will hit he will be 27 years old, for me he will not be too old." admits Franciszek Smuda.
"After January 1, we will start on the hard work and if Waldoch speaks so well about Sinkiewicz, we will certainly take look at him." promises Smuda.
For Sinkiewicz the prospect of playing for the Polish national side can be a great opportunity. For another call-up to the German national team at the moment he can not count on, but for Poland he could become a primary advocate in defense for many years.
Sinkiewicz is but the second German-Pole defender from the Bundesliga that Poland are monitoring, with Werder Bremen's Sebastian Boenisch first making the headlines a month earlier.
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I think you'll find that it is vital that goalkeepers play regularly. If it wasn't the case Jerzy Dudek would have been Poland's No.1 at Germany 2006 instead of sitting at home making a dartboard out of Pawel Janas's picture!!
And goalkeepers don't need to play every game to improve like outfield players do.
And yet Fabianski and Kuszczak are being considered Poland's no. 1 goalkeepers!!
Also, according to news reports it seems that Poles as a whole do not take much interest in sports these days, a far cry from the scenario of Germany where sporting development is highly encouraged! I think a successful performance in Euro 2012 will help revive interest, but efforts must be made to focus on overall development of the game from the ground level. Then this brain drain of players will stop.
This lad Sinkiewicz is at an impressionable age and hasn't played that many matches, so it's perfectly possible that the German federation will be keeping tabs on him and trying to develop him too. Instead of simply trying to pinch players Smuda should perhaps look to improve his own crop of players.
And I would really like to know what Smuda means when he talks about players who are 'too old' not being worthy of consideration?! He now seems to me to be going by the policy of simply investing in youth while compromising on quality for the sake of the future and as we all know it only rarely works!
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