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Michał Pazdan (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpazdan] ⓘ, born 21 September 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for III liga club Wieczysta Kraków.
 Pazdan with Legia Warsaw in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michał Pazdan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kraków, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wieczysta Kraków | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Hutnik Kraków | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Hutnik Kraków | ||
| 2007–2012 | Górnik Zabrze | 126 | (3) |
| 2012–2015 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 86 | (3) |
| 2015–2019 | Legia Warsaw | 83 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Ankaragücü | 60 | (2) |
| 2021–2023 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 41 | (1) |
| 2023– | Wieczysta Kraków | 11 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2019 | Poland | 38 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2022 | |||
Club career edit
Pazdan began his football career at Hutnik Kraków. He gradually made his way up the ranks and became part of the main team in the 2003–04 season.
In 2007, Pazdan joined Górnik Zabrze and made his Ekstraklasa debut on 14 September 2007 with Jagiellonia Białystok against Polonia Bytom. During that season, he made 19 appearances for the club, 17 of those as a starter, and helped his team finish in eighth place that season.
On 24 June 2015, Pazdan joined Legia Warsaw.[3] He later signed a two-year contract with Ankaragücü on 29 January 2019.[4]
International career edit
Pazdan earned 35 caps for the Poland national team, having debuted on 15 December 2007 in a 1–0 friendly victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5] He was later included in the Polish squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 but did not feature in any match.[6][7]
During Euro 2016, Pazdan became a national hero after the game against World Champions, Germany, where he was pronounced as Man of the match and led the team to a draw, which helped Poland to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time in history. His performances also led to reported interest from Premier League clubs.[8] Poland beat Switzerland on penalties to qualify for the quarter-finals, but the defenders conceded their first goal of the tournament to Xherdan Shaqiri.[9]
In May 2018, he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 11 May 2019[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other[a] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Górnik Zabrze | 2007–08 | Ekstraklasa | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | I liga | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2010–11 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 126 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | 141 | 3 | |||
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2012–13 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 86 | 3 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 96 | 3 | ||||
| Legia Warsaw | 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 83 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 1 | ||
| Ankaragücü | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 306 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 370 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes Polish SuperCup and Ekstraklasa Cup.
International edit
- As of 27 March 2021[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Legia Warsaw
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Best Player: 2016
- Ekstraklasa Defender of the Season: 2014–15[12]
- Polish Footballers' Union's Ekstraklasa XI: 2016
- FIFA San Miguel Cup Team of the Tournament: 2009[citation needed]
- Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup runner-up[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ "Michal Pazdan". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Michał Pazdan piłkarzem Legii Warszawa! (HD)". Legia Warsaw (in Polish). 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Michal Pazdan Ankaragümüzde!". Ankaragücü Resmi Web Sitesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Mielczarek, Krzysztof (15 December 2007). "Skromna wygrana Polaków". iGol (in Polish). Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ Duchowski, Robert (5 June 2008). "Kadra reprezentacji Polski na Euro 2008". Szczecin Naszemiasto (in Polish). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Dobek, Dariusz (13 June 2015). "Michał Pazdan - "pirania" Beenhakkera rusza na łowy". Onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ Anderson, David (22 June 2016). "English clubs eye Poland star after impressive displays at Euro 2016". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Switzerland 1–1 Poland, Euro 2016: Poles win 5-4 on penalties despite Xherdan Shaqiri wonder-goal". The Daily Telegraph. 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Michał Pazdan". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Rozdano nagrody w Ekstraklasie za sezon 2014/15". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 8 June 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
External links edit
- Michał Pazdan at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Michał Pazdan at Soccerway
