Maciej Żurawski (born September 12, 1976 in Poznań, Poland) is a striker who currently plays for Celtic. For Poland, Żurawski has appeared 53 times and scored 15 goals.
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He joined Celtic F.C. from Wisła Kraków in July 2005 and signed a three-year contract. He inherited the no. 7 shirt from former Celtic legend, Henrik Larsson. He was voted Polish player of the year in 2002 and scored 24 goals in season 2004-2005. Fans of Celtic call him “Magic” Żurawski.
Żurawski’s favourite clubs are Wisła Kraków and Lech Poznań from Poland and Barcelona from Spain.
On 19 February 2006, Żurawski scored four goals as Celtic set a new Scottish Premier League record by beating Dunfermline Athletic 8-1 at East End Park. Żurawski was subsequently voted the SPL player of the month for February . He is now well endeared to Celtic fans and considered one of their best players for the 2005-2006 season.
He was selected to the 23-man Polish squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. Although he was a starting striker, thanks to his seven goals in the preliminaries, he scored no goals.