Early life and career Born in
Łódź on 10 November 1974, whilst hanging around the Koziny area where he would go on to frequent during his life. He had behavioural problems early on, frequently getting into fights with players from other neighbourhoods. Unknown outside Poland, he was successful at Kavala and it was soon evident that a bigger club would be after him. Sypniewski later said that United player
David Beckham, whom he
nutmegged in the game, against
New Zealand and
Cameroon respectively.
Decline Following his spell in Greece, Sypniewski had a short stint with
top division side
RKS Radomsko, scoring four goals in nine league games, before signing with
Wisła Kraków in 2002, who at the time completely dominated Polish football. but in the end just several weeks after his initial transfer he was released by the club. He scored nine goals in 13 games during the spring in the
2003 Allsvenskan season, which rendered him a reputation as a fearsome striker in the series. He also snubbed international invitations from the Poland national team to focus on his club performances. Along with
Patrik Andersson and
Afonso Alves, Sypniewski joined the Malmö team that had come close to winning the championship in successive years, and he was expected to play alongside
Niklas Skoog, with Alves and central midfielder
Tobias Grahn supplying the necessary passes. Following some unexpected problems in pre-season, while not wanting to practice properly on Malmö's camp in
La Manga Club, Sypniewski hit back and scored twice in a 5–1 whitewash for Malmö at home against
Örebro SK in front of over 20 thousand supporters. Following that game, Sypniewski started struggling with his form and temper, eventually going to such lengths that Malmö terminated his three-year contract after only six months. When Sypniewski departed, Afonso Alves moved up to a striking position, where he fired Malmö to the championship. Sypniewski was not given a medal due to not appearing in a sufficient number of games. Following a promising start with several goals and with rumours surfacing about interest from higher levels, Sypniewski managed to get into trouble once more, committing
drunk driving in Malmö; he was sacked from Bunkeflo as a result and was forced to move back to Poland. ==Withdrawal from football and health issues==