Career
He made a total of 15 appearances for the Danish national team, which he represented in the and 1996 European Championship. Born in Hellerup, Piechnik started his senior career with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) in the top-flight Danish 1st Division. He joined Ikast fS in 1988, and played two seasons for the club
He started the tournament as a substitute, but when Henrik Andersen suffered an injury in the semi-finals, Piechnik replaced him in the final, for which he earned praise.
After the tournament, he followed the majority of the B 1903 players into the merging Football Club Copenhagen (FCK) club He joined a struggling Liverpool side, and had a hard time adapting to the English game.
Piechnik made 16 first-team league appearances for Liverpool in the 1992-1993 season, but only managed one in the whole of the 1993-1994 season. When Graeme Souness was replaced by new manager Roy Evans in January 1994, Piechnik sensed that he was no longer part of the club"s plans, and requested a transfer.
His lack of success in Liverpool later earned him a selection in the Liverpool Echo"s Merseyside Lost 11, a selection of players which the newspaper considered the biggest fiascos in the history of Liverpool and Everton.
He transferred to AGF Aarhus in Denmark at the end of the season. He played the last of his 15 international matches at that tournament, before ending his national team career. He would play on for another three years at AGF, before retiring in 1999.
He has worked as both a real estate agent and masseur, while still playing "Old Boys" football in Denmark.
