Robert Lewandowski is a Poland international football player born on 21 August 1988 in Warsaw, Poland. He is currently playing as a striker for Spanish club FC Barcelona.
He has played previously for Delta Warszawa, Znicz Pruszków, Lech Poznań, Legia Warsaw, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. He has had a honor of being capped by Poland at international level.
Club Career
He commenced his career with Varsovia Warsaw continuing with the same till 2004. In 2005 he moved to Delta Warsaw and has performed well while scoring 4 goals. Meanwhile he has also been a part of the squad of Legia Warsaw II and in 2006 has moved to Znicz Pruszków in 2006 where he had scored 36 goals in 62 appearances. He joined Lech Poznań in 2008 and has made 58 appearances while scoring 32 goals.
| Team |
FC Barcelona
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| Position | Forward |
| Height / weight | 1.85 m / 80 kg |
| Born | 21 Aug 1988 |
| Nationality |
Poland
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| Number | 9 |
| Team History | |
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Barcelona
|
2022 - present |
Bayern
|
2014 - 2022 |
Dortmund
|
2010 - 2014 |
KKS Lech Poznań
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2008 - 2010 |
| Znicz Pruszków | 2006 - 2008 |
Legia Warsaw
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2005 - 2006 |
| Znicz Pruszków | 2006 |
| Delta Warsaw | 2005 |
He had been honored several times in clubs as well as individually in short time of his career. He was the top scorer of I liga in 2007-08 and II Liga in 2006-07 for scoring 21 and 15 goals respectively, He was also the top scorer of Ekstraklasa in 2009-10 where he scored 18 goals. He was the Polish Revelation of the year in the year 2008, Ekstraklasa Player of the Year in 2009 along with being the Polish player of the year in 2011.
In 2010 he was transferred to Borussia Dortmund where his career went to the next level. Lewandowski spent four years with Dortmund, netting 103 goals in 187 appearances, winning the Bundesliga twice with BVB, along with the 2012-13 VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season award. He was the league’s top scorer in 2013-14, prompting a move to Bayern Munich in 2014.
He dominated at Bayern across eight seasons, with 344 goals from 375 appearances. Lewandowski won the Bundesliga eight times at Bayern, along with the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League and two DFB-Pokal titles. Individually, he has a long list of accolades from his time at Bayern, including two Bundesliga Player of the Season (2016-17, 2019-20) awards and another six Bundesliga top goalscorer gongs. Throughout his time in Germany, he made the Bundesliga Team of the Season nine times. He won the Ballon d’Or Striker of the Year in 2021 and the Best FIFA Men’s Player in both 2020 and 2021.
In July 2022, after declaring his desire to leave Bayern, he signed with Barcelona for 45 million euros.
International Career
He debuted for the Polish national team on 10 September 2008 against San Marino. He has since made more than 100 appearances for his country, scoring more than 70 goals and appearing at Euro 2012 on home soil, along with Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and the 2018 World Cup.
