| General |
| Robert Lewandowski | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Robert Lewandowski | |
| Date of birth | 21 August 1988 | |
| Place of birth | Warsaw,  Poland
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Barcelona
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| Number | 9 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1996–1997 1997–2005 |
Partyzant Leszno Varsovia Warszawa
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2010 2010–2014 2014–2022 2022– |
Delta Warszawa Legia Warszawa II Znicz Pruszków Lech Poznań Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Barcelona
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17 (4) 12 (2) 59 (36) 58 (32) 131 (74) 253 (238) 45 (30) |
| National team | ||
| 2008 2008– |
Poland U21 Poland
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3 (0) 146 (82) |
Robert Lewandowski (born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Barcelona and is the captain of the Poland national team. He is renowned for his positioning, technique and finishing, and is widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation.
Lewandowski started his football career by playing for the local side Partyzant Leszno, and then he went on to join Varsovia Warszawa, Delta Warszawa and Znicz Pruszków. With Znicz Pruszków, he helped the team for a promotion to second division, and became the league’s top scorer in both seasons with the club. After impressive performances in Polish lower divisions, in 2008, he signed with Lech Poznań for 1.5 million PLN. Lewandowski spent for two seasons there. In his last season with the club, he won the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa and became the top goalscorer.
In June 2010, Lewandowski signed a four-year contract with German side Borussia Dortmund for a fee reported to be worth around €4.5 million. He levelled up and went on to become one of the most prolific striker in the world since then. In his two first seasons, he won two league titles and a DFB-Pokal title. He also helped the team to reach the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final, but in the final, his team was defeated by domestic rivals Bayern Munich 1–2. During his stint with Die Borussen, he scored 74 goals in 131 matches, and was the Bundesliga top scorer in his last season with Dortmund.
In January 2014, he signed a pre-contractual agreement with the rivals Bayern Munich. Lewandowski joined the Bavarian side at the start of 2014–15 season, signing a five-year deal on a free transfer. He has become a goal machine for the club, scoring a stunningly more than 200 goals for the club so far, including a record of scoring 5 goals in just 9 minutes in a league match against Wolfsburg on 22 September 2015; has become a Bundesliga top scorer for six times; was named Bundesliga Player of the Season in the 2016–17 and 2019–20 seasons; won each league title in all seasons since he joined the club, three domestic cups and an UEFA Champions League title to complete the club’s hunt for a continental treble in 2020 and eventually a sextuple win.
Lewandowski has won the FIFA World Player of the Year Award twice, in 2020 and 2021. He also won the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award in 2020. He has been named to the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season four times, and is the third-highest goalscorer in the history of the competition. Lewandowski has been named the VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season a record five times. He has scored over 300 goals in the Bundesliga, the second-highest goalscorer of all time in Bundesliga, having reached the century mark quicker than any other foreign player, and is the league's all-time leading foreign goalscorer. Moreover, He has won Bundesliga Top Scorer Award for seven times. He was awarded four Guinness World Records for the fastest five-goal haul in any major European football league since records have been kept, after scoring five times in nine minutes against Wolfsburg in 2015.
He is also a sporting legend in his country, Poland. He has earned over 110 caps for Poland national team since he got his international debut in 2008. He is also the top scorer for Poland, scoring more than 60 goals. He was part of Poland’s campaign in UEFA Euro 2012 (which was held in his home’s soil and neighbouring Ukraine), 2016, 2020, 2024, and the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Honours[]
Club[]
- Znicz Pruszków
- II Liga: 2006–07
- Lech Poznań
- Ekstraklasa: 2009–10
- Polish Cup: 2008–09
- Polish SuperCup: 2009
- Borussia Dortmund
- Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2011–12
- DFB-Pokal: 2011–12
- DFL-Supercup: 2013
- UEFA Champions League Runners-up: 2012–13
Bayern Munich
- Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- DFB-Pokal: 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
- DFL-Supercup: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
- UEFA Champions League: 2019–20
- UEFA Super Cup: 2020
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2020
- Barcelona
- La Liga: 2022-23
- Supercopa de España: 2022-23
Individual[]
- Ballon d'Or: 4th place (2015), 2nd place (2021)
- Ballon d'Or Striker of the Year: 2021
- The Best FIFA Men's Player: 2020, 2021
- UEFA Men's Player of the Year: 2019–20
- European Golden Shoe: 2020–21, 2021–22
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2020, 2021
- IFFHS World's Best Man Player: 2020, 2021
- IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer: 2020, 2021
- IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer: 2015, 2021
- IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer: 2021
- Laureus World Sports Awards – Exceptional Achievement Award (2022)
- European Sportsperson of the Year: 2020
- Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2016–17, 2019–20
- German Players' Union (VDV) Player of the Season in the Bundesliga: 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
- Polish Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Polish Sportspersonality of the Year: 2015, 2020, 2021
- Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2020, 2021
- Ekstraklasa Best Player: 2009
- II Liga top scorer: 2006–07 (15 goals)
- I Liga top scorer: 2007–08 (21 goals)
- Ekstraklasa top scorer: 2009–10 (18 goals)
- DFB-Pokal top scorer: 2011–12 (7 goals), 2016–17 (5 goals), 2017–18 (6 goals), 2018–19 (7 goals), 2019–20 (6 goals)
- Bundesliga Top Goalscorer: 2013–14 (20 goals), 2015–16 (30 goals), 2017–18 (29 goals), 2018–19 (22 goals), 2019–20 (34 goals), 2020–21 (41 goals), 2021–22 (35 goals)
- UEFA Champions League top scorer: 2019–20 (15 goals)
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2019–20 (6 assists)
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21
- UEFA Champions League Forward of the Season: 2019–20
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2020
- FIFA World Cup qualification top scorer: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (16 goals)
- UEFA Euro qualifying top scorer: 2016 (13 goals)
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2019, 2020
- Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Polish Revelation of the Year: 2008
- Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2009
- IFFHS Men's World Team: 2020, 2021
- IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
- IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
External links[]
| FC Barcelona squad - 2024–25 |
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1 Ter Stegen · 2 Cubarsí · 3 Balde · 4 Araújo · 5 Martínez · 6 Gavi · 7 Ferran · 8 Pedri · 9 Lewandowski · 10 Fati · 11 Raphinha · 13 Peña · 14 Torre · 15 Christensen · 16 Fermín · 17 Casadó · 18 Víctor · 19 Yamal · 20 Olmo · 21 De Jong · 23 Koundé · 24 García · Manager: Hansi Flick |
| Poland
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| Poland – 2012 UEFA European Championship |
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Manager: |
| Poland – UEFA Euro 2016 – Quarter-finals |
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1. Szczęsny
2. Pazdan
3. Jędrzejczyk
4. Cionek
5. Mączyński
6. Jodłowiec
7. Milik
8. Linetty
9. Lewandowski (c)
10. Krychowiak
11. Grosicki
12. Boruc
13. Stępiński
14. Wawrzyniak
15. Glik
16. Błaszczykowski
17. Peszko
18. Salamon
19. Zieliński
20. Piszczek
21. Kapustka
22. Fabiański
23. Starzyński
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| Poland – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage |
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1. Szczęsny
2. Pazdan
3. Jędrzejczyk
4. Cionek
5. Bednarek
6. Góralski
7. Milik
8. Linetty
9. Lewandowski (c)
10. Krychowiak
11. Grosicki
12. Białkowski
13. Rybus
14. Teodorczyk
15. Glik
16. Błaszczykowski
17. Peszko
18. Bereszyński
19. Zieliński
20. Piszczek
21. Kurzawa
22. Fabiański
23. Kownacki
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| Poland – UEFA Euro 2020 – Group stage |
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1. Szczęsny
2. Piątkowski
3. Dawidowicz
4. Kędziora
5. Bednarek
6. Kozłowski
8. Linetty
9. Lewandowski (c)
10. Krychowiak
11. Świderski
12. Skorupski
13. Rybus
14. Klich
15. Glik
16. Moder
17. Płacheta
18. Bereszyński
19. Frankowski
20. Zieliński
21. Jóźwiak
22. Fabiański
23. Kownacki
24. Świerczok
25. Helik
26. Puchacz
Manager: |
| Poland – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16 |
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1. Szczęsny
2. Cash
3. Jędrzejczyk
4. Wieteska
5. Bednarek
6. Bielik
7. Milik
8. D. Szymański
9. Lewandowski (c)
10. Krychowiak
11. Grosicki
12. Skorupski
13. Kamiński
14. Kiwior
15. Glik
16. Świderski
17. Żurkowski
18. Bereszyński
19. S. Szymański
20. Zieliński
21. Zalewski
22. Grabara
23. Piątek
24. Frankowski
25. Gumny
26. Skóraś
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| Poland – UEFA Euro 2024 – Group stage |
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1. Szczęsny
2. Salamon
3. Dawidowicz
4. Walukiewicz
5. Bednarek
6. Piotrowski
7. Świderski
8. Moder
9. Lewandowski (c)
10. Zieliński
11. Grosicki
12. Skorupski
13. Romanczuk
14. Kiwior
15. Puchacz
16. Buksa
17. D. Szymański
18. Bereszyński
19. Frankowski
20. S. Szymański
21. Zalewski
22. Bułka
23. Piątek
24. Slisz
25. Skóraś
26. Urbański |