Maciej Chorążyk
Maciej Chorążyk (born 2 August 1974 in Krynica) is a Polish freelance sports journalist and soccer official, main coordinator/chief scout of the Polish Football Association's Scouting and Monitoring Polish Youth Abroad Section. He is a graduate of the journalism and sociology departments at the University of Opole, also with a sports-manager degree of the Jagiellonian University. The Scouting section of PZPN led by Chorążyk, with representatives across Western Europe and the Americas, seeks young talented footballers of Polish origin living abroad, potential candidates for the Polish national football teams. Highlights Among the renowned players with whom Chorążyk negotiated playing for Poland, are Sebastian Tyrala, and Ludovic Obraniak, with the latter one's case already settled. Chorazyk, due to his activities, has been called a poacher by a German sports magazine Kicker. The section managed by him has branches across western and northern Europe, as well as in the United States, Canada, and Brazil. Stefan Szczeplek, one of the most renowned Polish sports journalists, wrote in Rzeczpospolita daily that had it not been for Chorazyk's passion, Obraniak would never play for Poland. In an interview given to a football portal www.sportowefakty.pl, Chorazyk stated that in January 2007 he discussed creation of the