Adam Wójcik Explained

Adam Wójcik
Height M:2.08
Weight Kg:110
Birth Date:20 April 1970
Death Place:Wrocław, Poland
Birth Place:Oława, Poland
Nationality:Polish
Draft Year:1992
Career Start:1987
Career End:2012
Career Number:10
Career Position:Power forward / center
Years1:1987–1994
Team1:Gwardia Wrocław
Years2:1994–1995
Team2:Znic Pruszków
Years3:1995–1996
Team3:Bobry Bytom
Years4:1996
Team4:Oostende
Years5:1996–1997
Team5:Spirou Charleroi
Years6:1997–2001
Team6:Śląsk Wrocław
Years7:2001–2002
Team7:Peristeri
Years8:2002–2003
Team8:Unicaja Malaga
Years9:2003–2004
Team9:Śląsk Wrocław
Years10:2004–2007
Team10:Prokom Trefl Sopot
Years11:2007–2008
Team11:Orlandina Basket
Years12:2008–2009
Team12:PBG Basket Poznań
Years13:2009–2010
Team13:Turów Zgorzelec
Years14:2010–2011
Team14:WKK Wrocław
Years15:2011–2012
Team15:Śląsk Wrocław
Highlights:

Adam Wójcik (20 April 1970 – 26 August 2017) was a Polish professional basketball player. He was known as one of the all-time greats in Polish basketball. He is the second all-time leading scorer of the Polish Basketball League, since the year 1976, with 10,097 points scored.

Professional career

On club level, he played in his native Poland, and also in Belgium, Greece, Italy and Spain. Since official stats records keeping by the Polish Basketball Association began in the year 1976, Wójcik is second in the all-time list of games played in the Polish League, with a total of 651, and in total points scored, with 10,097 points.

He was a three-time Polish League MVP, and also the finals MVP in 1998, 2001, and 2005. He won eight Polish League championships, two Polish Cups, and he was also a Belgian League champion, in 1997.

Wojcik made his EuroLeague debut in 2001, with Peristeri of Greece, the first of his six consecutive seasons in the competition. In his debut season, 2001–02, he was the EuroLeague's eighth-best scorer, with 18.4 points per game. Next, he made one-year stops at Unicaja Malaga and Śląsk Wrocław, before spending three seasons in a row with Prokom Trefl Sopot, and leading the team to the EuroLeague Top 16 twice. He finished his EuroLeague career with a 10.8 points per game scoring average, for a total of 1,030 points, over 95 games. He subsequently played one season in the second tier level EuroCup, in the 2009–10 season, with Turów Zgorzelec of Poland. He retired in 2012.

National team career

With the senior Polish national basketball team, Wojcik played in 149 games, the second most in the Polish national team's history, and he scored 1,821 points. He played at four EuroBasket's - 1991, 1997, 2007, and 2009.

Death

On 26 August 2017, Wojcik died at the age of 47, of leukemia.[1]

Awards and accomplishments

Club career

Individual awards

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Notes and References

  1. News: Polish basketball legend Adam Wojcik dies at 47. 28 August 2017. Sportando.com.