Career
Melbourne Knights His progress as a football player was delayed by a knee reconstruction, sustained during his playing days with ex Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit club Melbourne Knights. Melbourne Victory After signing for Melbourne Victory, Piorkowski made 11 appearances and was signed to a new two-year deal in April 2006. Piorkowski was an important part of the Victory defence during their premiership winning season in 06/07 along with Adrian Leijer and Rodrigo Vargas.
He unfortunately injured his knee during the season and did not feature in the finals series.
On 13 February 2008 he was tabled a new contract by Victory but remained undecided whether to stay with the club On 13 May 2008 he finally decided to pursue his ambitions of playing in Europe.
Newcastle Jets On 13 September 2008 he signed a short deal after a week-long trial to cover injured defender Shaun Ontong. Gold Coast United On 20 November 2008 he joined Gold Coast United on a two-year deal.