Aid missed baby's first Heart beat.Byline: By Craig Swan NEW boy Adrian Mrowiec Adrian Mrowiec (born on December 1 1983) is a Polish footballer (defender) playing currently for FC Vilnius. He joined this club from Wisła Kraków. External links
is so desperate to be a star at Hearts he missed seeing his daughter being born to push for a place in Csaba Laszlo's team to face Falkirk on Saturday. The 24-year-old midfielder is settling in at Tynecastle after completing a move from FBK Kaunas Kauno futbolo beisbolo klubas is a Lithuanian football club from the city of Kaunas, that currently plays in the A Lyga. Originally the team has been founded in 1960 as Banga Kaunas. After Lithuania regained its independance the club has been restructered. a fortnight ago. Mrowiec has been using the international break to fine tune his fitness and hopes for the green light to make his debut against John Hughes' men. His family are still in Poland meantime but Mrowiec decided against making the trip back for little Olivia's arrival onMonday in his home town of Walbrzych. He said: "Maybe I will be able to go home in about a month and bring my family to Edinburgh. I would have liked to have been home for the birth but we have an important match on Saturday. "Although I don't know what the manager's plans are for the game I felt I had to stay here as this is my work." Such dedication will surely impress the Hearts faithful as Mrowiec bids to follow in the footsteps of several of his countrymen who have been a hit in Scotland's top flight. A former Wisla Krakow clubmate of Celtic striker Maciej Zurawski he said: "I know how well Artur Boruc Artur Boruc (IPA pronunciation: ['ɑrtur 'bɔruts]; born February 20, 1980 in Siedlce) is a Polish football player. He is a goalkeeper for Celtic and also represents the Poland national football team. has done and Lukasz Zaluska at Dundee United too. "Obviously, I would also like to do well here and make the most of any chance I get as it's an exciting new challenge." Mrowiec was part of the Kaunas side that defeated Rangers in the Champions League qualifiers and added: "I am happy to be at Hearts. "I played in Lithuania for three years and wanted a change of country. The league in Scotland is very good and I hope I can perform here. "Knocking Rangers out of the Champions League was a memorable experience and it would be great to play for Hearts in Europe. "Everybody wants to be in the Champions League but our first target must be the UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Cup and then we will see what happens." Mrowiec played in a home closed-doors game against St Johnstone on Monday - while his wife was giving birth and said: "I can't wait to play in front of a packed Tynecastle. "In Lithuania the stadium was never full. We maybe got 1000 fans for a championship match. Here the crowd will be more like 20,000 and I'm sure the atmosphere will be great. "The people in Scotland are passionate about football and I can't wait to play in front of the Hearts fans. I will work hard in training and see what the coach decides." CAPTION(S): AID IN HEAVEN: Newboy Mrowiec with gaffer Laszlo |
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