Igor Sypniewski

His semi-autobiography was published in November 2014 with the help of two local Łódź journalists, Żelisław Żyżyński and Paweł Hochstim. He is currently devoting all his time to fighting his illnesses which plagued his career.

Along with Patrik Andersson and Afonso Alves, Sypniewski joined a 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 a 20000 + crowd. Following that game, Sypniewski started struggling with form and temper, eventually going to such lengths that Malmö terminated his three-year contract after six months with the club. When Sypniewski departed, Afonso Alves moved up to a striking position, where he fired Malmö to the championship, even though Sypniewski got no medal, due to not enough matches played. He turned up at bottom side Trelleborgs FF in a desperate attempt to save the strugglers from relegation, but Sypniewski was completely out of shape and was out following a couple of games.

He re-appeared in 2007 when he went to watch ŁKS Łódź play Lech Poznań as a spectator in the stands. In a state of intoxication he, along with a group of ŁKS hooligans, attacked the Lech fans in the away sector. He was jailed for a year and a half following a different incident for violence.

He then signed for Swedish club Halmstad, where 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 Polish national team to focus on his club performances. During the autumn season Sypniewski suffered from mysterious illness, while Halmstad dropped from fourth to ninth in the series. He was suspended by the club from taking part in the final game of the season, since he had agreed to join Malmö FF on a free transfer for the 2004 season.

Sypniewski made two appearances for the senior Poland national football team from 1999 to 2001.

Igor Sypniewski (born 11 October 1974), nicknamed Sypa, is a Polish former footballer. He was believed to be one of the greatest prospects of Polish football, however his struggle with alcohol and mental health problems prevented him from realising his full potential and is considered to this day one of the biggest unfulfilled talents.