Eugeniusz Kijewski
Polish basketball player (born 1955)
Eugeniusz Kijewski (born 25 June 1955) is a Polish former professional basketball player and coach. Kijewski, who is considered to be one of the best Polish basketball players of all-time, won four Polish Premier League championships, three Polish Premier League MVP awards, and he led the Polish Premier League in scoring five times, during his pro club playing career. Kijewski is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Polish Premier League, since the year 1976, when the Polish Basketball Association officially began to keep the records of individual player statistics. In 2021, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Youth club career
During his youth club career, Kijewski played with the junior teams of Warta Poznań. With Warta, he won the Polish Junior Club Championship title in 1974. He was the leading scorer of the competition.
Club career
Kijewski started his senior club playing career with Warta Poznań, where he played from 1969 to 1975. He then spent the 1975–76 season with Sbójnia Gdańsk. After that, he played with Lech Poznań, from 1976 to 1990.
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