Tomasz Hajto

Tomasz Hajto

Personal information
Full name	Tomasz Hajto
Date of birth	(1972-10-16) 16 October 1972
Place of birth	Maków Podhalański, Poland
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Halniak Maków Podhalański
	Góral Żywiec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1993	Hutnik Kraków	33	(2)
1993–1997	Górnik Zabrze	105	(8)
1997–2000	MSV Duisburg	80	(8)
2000–2004	Schalke 04	104	(6)
2004–2005	1. FC Nürnberg	17	(0)
2005–2006	Southampton	20	(0)
2006	Derby County	5	(0)
2006–2007	ŁKS Łódź	27	(1)
2007–2008	Górnik Zabrze	15	(1)
2009–2010	ŁKS Łódź	33	(2)
2011	LUKS Gomunice
Total		439	(28)
National team
1996–2005	Poland	62	(6)
Teams managed
2011	LUKS Gomunice
2012–2013	Jagiellonia Białystok
2014–2015	GKS Tychy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Tomasz Hajto (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɔmaʂ ˈxajtɔ]) (born 16 October 1972 in Maków Podhalański) is a Polish football coach and former footballer.

Club career

Tomasz Hajto (2007)

Having begun his career playing for Halniak Maków Podhalański, he moved to Góral Żywiec before making his big break in 1991 with Hutnik Kraków. His prowess as a youngster was noticed by many, and in 1993–94 he was transferred to Górnik Zabrze.

Hajto was soon to create interest from other countries, most particularly Germany and England, but it was to the former that he was first transferred. He first played for MSV Duisburg for two seasons. After the team was relegated to 2. Bundesliga, Hajto was transferred to FC Schalke 04, where he played until 2004. He then signed a two-year contract with 1. FC Nürnberg.^[1] As he had not met the expectations he was transferred to Southampton in summer 2005.^[2] In January 2006, his contract with Southampton was cancelled, enabling him to sign for Derby County on an eighteen-month contract, however this deal was also terminated early, after only four months at the club.

International career

Hajto participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan. He has scored six goals in 62 caps for Poland, as of December 2005.

Goals for senior national team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 May 1998	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Russia	2–1	3–1	International Friendly
2.	27 May 1998	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Russia	3–1	3–1	International Friendly
3.	4 June 1999	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Bulgaria	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
4.	18 August 1999	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Spain	1–0	1–2	International Friendly
5.	28 February 2001	Gyunas Syllogos Zenon, Larnaca, Cyprus	Switzerland	0–3	0–4	International Friendly
6.	17 April 2002	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland	Romania	1–2	1–2	International Friendly

Personal life

Tomasz Hajto is married and has one son (Mateusz) and a daughter (Wiktoria).

In January 2008, Hajto was found guilty of manslaughter after speeding in his car and killing a female pedestrian at a zebra crossing on a street in Łódź. Pleading guilty to the charges, he was given a suspended two-year jail sentence, ordered to pay a fine of 7,000 Polish złotys and given a one-year driving ban. He had earlier been fined in 2004 for dealing in smuggled cigarettes.^[3]

References

External links

• Tomasz Hajto career statistics at Soccerbase
  
• Tomasz Hajto profile at 90minut

Poland squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Dudek 2 Kłos 3 Zieliński 4 Michał Żewłakow 5 Rząsa 6 Hajto 7 Świerczewski 8 Kucharski 9 Kryszałowicz 10 Kałużny 11 Olisadebe 12 Majdan 13 Głowacki 14 Marcin Żewłakow 15 Wałdoch (c) 16 Murawski 17 A. Bąk 18 Krzynówek 19 Żurawski 20 J. Bąk 21 Koźmiński 22 Matysek 23 Sibik Coach: Engel