Łukasz Szukała

Łukasz Szukała
Personal information
Full name Łukasz Szukała
Date of birth (1984-05-26) 26 May 1984
Place of birth Gdańsk, Poland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Osmanlıspor
Number 3
Youth career
1994–1997 TuS Fortuna Saarburg
1997–1998 SV Trassem
1998–2000 Eintracht Trier
2000–2002 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Metz B 9 (0)
2004–2008 1860 München II 51 (4)
2005–2008 1860 München 44 (0)
2008–2009 Alemannia Aachen II 1 (0)
2008–2010 Alemannia Aachen 26 (2)
2010–2011 Gloria Bistrița 28 (2)
2011–2012 Universitatea Cluj 29 (0)
2012 Petrolul Ploiești 2 (1)
2012–2015 Steaua București 65 (12)
2015 Al Ittihad 12 (3)
2015– Osmanlıspor 10 (0)
National team
2003 Poland U19 3 (0)
2005 Poland U21 3 (0)
2013– 2015 Poland 17 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Łukasz Szukała (born 26 May 1984) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Turkish side Osmanlıspor and the Poland national football team.

Club career

Universitatea Cluj

In June 2011, Szukała joined Universitatea Cluj on a three-year contract.[1]

Steaua București

In August 2012, Łukasz signed with Romanian giants Steaua București.[2] On the 4th of November, 2012, Szukała scores his first goal for title-chasing Steaua in a 3–1 win against their Bucharest arch-rivals, Dinamo, guaranteeing him a good relationship with the very demanding Steaua fans.[3] In 2014 he was voted as the best foreign footballer in Liga I.[4]

Ittihad FC

On 3 January 2015, he signed a contract with Al-Ittihad, when he entered his final six months of the deal with Steaua.[5] The two clubs reached an agreement to release the player before his contract with Steaua ended, thus he joined Al-Ittihad in January 2015.[6]

International career

Szukała made his first appearance for the Poland national football team against Denmark in 2013.

He scored his first goal for the national side in the 7-0 victory over Gibraltar.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2014 Estádio Algarve, Faro  Gibraltar 4–0 7–0 Euro 2016 qualifier

Personal life

Łukasz Szukała is a polyglot who speaks fluent Polish, English, French, German and Romanian.

He also has a German citizenship. His parents emigrated to Germany during his early childhood. He grew up in the region of Trier.[7]

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest

Individual

Statistics

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1860 München II 2004–05 16100---161
2005–06 14100---141
2006–07 14100---141
2007–08 7100---71
Total 51 4 0 0 - - - - - - 51 4
1860 München 2004–05 18000---180
2005–06 15000---150
2006–07 2000---20
2007–08 9000---90
Total 44 0 0 0 - - - - - - 44 0
Alemannia Aachen II 2008–09 1000---10
Total 1 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0
Alemannia Aachen 2008–09 18220---202
Alemannia Aachen 2009–10 8021---101
Total 26 2 4 1 - - - - - - 30 3
Gloria Bistrița 2010–11 28220---302
Total 28 2 2 0 - - - - - - 30 2
Universitatea Cluj 2011–12 29000---290
Total 29 0 0 0 - - - - - - 29 0
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 2100-00-21
Total 2 1 0 0 - - 0 0 - - 2 1
Steaua București 2012–13 20410-60-274
2013–14 29440-12011465
2014–15 164000011010284
Total 65 12 5 0 0 0 29 0 2 1 101 13
Ittihad 2014–15 123100000-133
Total 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 13 3
Osmanlıspor 2015–16 9000---90
Total 9 0 0 0 - - - - - - 9 0
Career Total 266 24 12 1 0 0 29 0 2 1 308 26

Statistics accurate as of match played 17 April 2016

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