Łukasz Szukała

Łukasz Szukała (born 26 May 1984) is a Polish professional footballer who, among other, played as a Centre back for the Poland national football team.

Łukasz Szukała
Personal information
Full name Łukasz Szukała[1]
Date of birth (1984-05-26) 26 May 1984
Place of birth Gdańsk, Poland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
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 Munich II 51 (4)
2005–2008 1860 Munich 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)
2015–2017 Osmanlıspor 12 (0)
2017–2019 Ankaragücü 6 (0)
National team
2003 Poland U19 3 (0)
2005 Poland U21 3 (9)
2013–2015 Poland 17 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2018

Club career

Universitatea Cluj

In June 2011, Szukała joined Universitatea Cluj on a three-year contract.[2]

Steaua București

In August 2012, Łukasz signed with Romanian giants Steaua București.[3] On 4 November 2012, Szukała scored 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.[4] In 2014, he was voted as the best foreign footballer in Liga I.[5]

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.[6] The two clubs reached an agreement to release the player before his contract with Steaua ended, thus he joined Al-Ittihad in January 2015.[7]

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.

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.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 January 2019[9][10]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1860 Munich II 2004–05 16100161
2005–06 14100141
2006–07 14100141
2007–08 710071
Total 51400000000514
1860 Munich 2004–05 18000180
2005–06 15000150
2006–07 200020
2007–08 900090
Total 44000000000440
Alemannia Aachen II 2008–09 100010
Total 100000000010
Alemannia Aachen 2008–09 18220202
2009–10 8021101
Total 26241000000303
Gloria Bistrița 2010–11 28220302
Total 28220000000302
Universitatea Cluj 2011–12 29000290
Total 29000000000290
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 21000021
Total 210000000021
Steaua București 2012–13 2041060274
2013–14 2944012011465
2014–15 164000011010284
Total 651250002902110113
Ittihad 2014–15 123100000133
Total 12310000000133
Osmanlıspor 2015–16 10000100
2016–17 203050
2017–18 000000
Total 12030000000150
Ankaragücü 2017–18 501050
2018–19 100010
Total 601000000060
Career total 27624161002902132226

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2014Estádio Algarve, Faro Gibraltar4–07–0Euro 2016 qualifier

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest

Individual

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