Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski
Lewandowski with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Full name Robert Lewandowski[1]
Date of birth (1988-08-21) 21 August 1988 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 9
Youth career
1996–1997 Partyzant Leszno
1997–2005 MKS Varsovia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Delta Warsaw 17 (4)
2005–2006 Legia Warsaw II 13 (2)
2006 Znicz Pruszków II 2 (6)
2006–2008 Znicz Pruszków 59 (36)
2008–2010 Lech Poznań 58 (32)
2010–2014 Borussia Dortmund 131 (74)
2014–2022 Bayern Munich 253 (238)
2022– Barcelona 43 (28)
National team‡
2007 Poland U19 1 (0)
2008 Poland U21 3 (0)
2008– Poland 144 (81)

Signature
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:15, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2023

Robert Lewandowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɛrt lɛvanˈdɔfskʲi] (audio speaker iconlisten); born 21 August 1988) is a Polish footballer. He plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and the Poland national team.

He began his career with Znicz Pruszków in 2005, then continuously moved up the Polish tiers until he made it to the first-tier club Lech Poznań in 2008.

A full international for Poland since 2008, Lewandowski has earned over 100 caps and was a member of their team at Euro 2012, Euro 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup. With 60 international goals, Lewandowski is the all-time top scorer for Poland. In 2015, he was voted Polish Sportspersonality of the Year and in 2016 he claimed fourth place at the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards.

He has been named the Polish Player of the Year a record seven times. The Guardian has ranked him as the fifth-best footballer on the planet in 2015.[4]

Likely one of Lewandowski's most famous records is scoring 5 goals in 9 minutes (8:59).[5] For achieving this, Robert Lewandowski was awarded 4 Guinness World Records.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Delta Warsaw 2004–05 IV liga 17 4 2 0 — — 19 4
Legia Warsaw II 2005–06 III liga 13 2 1 2 — — 14 4
Znicz II Pruszków 2006–07 Klasa A 2 6 0 0 — — 2 6
Znicz Pruszków 2006–07 III liga 27 15 5 2 — — 32 17
2007–08 II liga 32 21 2 0 — — 34 21
Total 59 36 7 2 — — 66 38
Lech Poznań 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 30 14 6 2 12[b] 4 — 48 20
2009–10 Ekstraklasa 28 18 1 0 4[c] 2 1[d] 1 34 21
Total 58 32 7 2 16 6 1 1 82 41
Borussia Dortmund 2010–11 Bundesliga 33 8 2 0 8[c] 1 — 43 9
2011–12 Bundesliga 34 22 6 7 6[e] 1 1[f] 0 47 30
2012–13 Bundesliga 31 24 4 1 13[e] 10 1[f] 1 49 36
2013–14 Bundesliga 33 20 5 2 9[e] 6 1[f] 0 48 28
Total 131 74 17 10 36 18 3 1 187 103
Bayern Munich 2014–15 Bundesliga 31 17 5 2 12[e] 6 1[f] 0 49 25
2015–16 Bundesliga 32 30 6 3 12[e] 9 1[f] 0 51 42
2016–17 Bundesliga 33 30 4 5 9[e] 8 1[f] 0 47 43
2017–18 Bundesliga 30 29 6 6 11[e] 5 1[f] 1 48 41
2018–19 Bundesliga 33 22 5 7 8[e] 8 1[f] 3 47 40
2019–20 Bundesliga 31 34 5 6 10[e] 15 1[f] 0 47 55
2020–21 Bundesliga 29 41 1 0 6[e] 5 4[g] 2 40 48
2021–22 Bundesliga 34 35 1 0 10[e] 13 1[f] 2 46 50
Total 253 238 33 29 78 69 11 8 375 344
Barcelona 2022–23 La Liga 34 23 3 2 7[h] 6 2[i] 2 46 33
2023–24 La Liga 9 5 0 0 2[e] 1 0 0 11 6
Total 43 28 3 2 9 7 2 2 57 39
Career total 575 420 70 47 138 100 17 12 803 579
  1. ↑ Includes Polish Cup, DFB-Pokal, Copa del Rey
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Polish Super Cup
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  7. ↑ One appearance in DFL-Supercup, two appearances and two goals in FIFA Club World Cup, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  8. ↑ Five appearances and five goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 10 September 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 2008 4 2
2009 12 1
2010 13 6
2011 11 3
2012 10 2
2013 10 3
2014 6 5
2015 7 11
2016 12 8
2017 6 9
2018 11 4
2019 10 6
2020 4 2
2021 12 11
2022 10 4
2023 6 3
Total 144 81

Honours

Znicz Pruszków

Lech Poznań[8]

  • Ekstraklasa: 2009–10
  • Polish Cup: 2008–09
  • Polish Super Cup: 2009

Borussia Dortmund[8]

Bayern Munich

Barcelona

Individual

Orders

  • Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross: 2021[111]
  • Order of the Smile: 2022[112]

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