
Two goals inside eighteen minutes against Portugal in Chorzów on 11 October 2006 gave Poland a 2-1 win, twenty years after his father Włodzimierz beat the same country with the only goal of Poland's 1986 World Cup meeting. Nine goals in Euro 2008 qualifying, the most in Group A, carried Poland to their first European Championship, and he won the 2002 UEFA Cup with Feyenoord and Polish footballer of the year in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Career record: 47 caps and 20 goals for Poland; club career at Feyenoord Rotterdam, Borussia Dortmund, Racing de Santander.
| 2000–2005 | Feyenoord Rotterdam |
| 2005–2007 | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2007–2009 | Racing de Santander |
| 2008–2009 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 2009–2010 | A.O. Kavalas (association football) |
| 2010–2011 | Polonia Warsaw |
| 2011–2012 | Al-Khor Sports Club |
| 2012–2012 | ADO Den Haag |
| 2012–2013 | Jagiellonia Białystok |
| Poland | 47 caps, 20 goals |
Poland legends whose careers overlapped Smolarek's
One rank above: Zygmunt Maszczyk at #26.
One rank below: Jacek Bąk at #28.
Poland's editorial top five: Robert Lewandowski · Kazimierz Deyna · Zbigniew Boniek · Grzegorz Lato · Włodzimierz Lubański.