Michał Pazdan
Michał Pazdan (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpazdan] (
Pazdan with Legia Warsaw in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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] | ||
Playing position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ankaragücü | ||
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– | Ankaragücü | 14 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2007– | Poland | 38 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2019 |
Club career
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, he joined Górnik Zabrze. He debuted in the Ekstraklasa on 14 September 2007 with Jagiellonia Białystok against Polonia Bytom. During that season he appeared 19 times for the club, 17 of those as a starter, and helped his team finish in 8th place that season.
On 24 June 2015, Pazdan joined Legia Warsaw.[3]
On 29 January 2019 Pazdan signed two-year deal with Ankaragücü. [4]
International career
Pazdan has earned 35 caps for the Poland national football team. He made his debut on 15 December 2007 in a 1–0 friendly win against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Poland manager, Leo Beenhakker, called him up to participate in the 23-man squad at Euro 2008, however, along with Łukasz Garguła, he was the only player not to have played a single minute.
As of late, Pazdan has only been called up as a reserve for any players that may get injured, he was, however, called up on 21 November 2008 for friendly matches in Antalya, Turkey.[5]
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.[6] Poland then beat Switzerland on penalties to qualify for the quarter finals; however, Pazdan and the Polish defence conceded their first goal of the tournament to Xherdan Shaqiri.[7]
In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 11 May 2019[9]
Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other1 | Total | |||||
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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 |
1 Including Polish SuperCup and Ekstraklasa Cup.
Honours
Legia Warsaw
Individual
- FIFA San Miguel Cup Team of the Tournament: 2009[5]
- Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup runner-up[5]
- Olejandro Oleguer Cup: 2010
- Defender of the Year in Ekstraklasa: 2014–15
- Eleventh of Ekstraklasa in the plebiscite of the Polish Footballers' Union: 2016
- Discovery of the 2016 European Championships according to UEFA and France Football
- Player of the year in the Football (Piłka Nożna) Plebiscite: 2016
References
- "Michal Pazdan" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- "Michał Pazdan piłkarzem Legii Warszawa! (HD)". Legia Warsaw. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- "Michal Pazdan Ankaragümüzde!". Ankaragücü Resmi Web Sitesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- 90minut.pl Archived 4 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
- Anderson, David (22 June 2016). "English clubs eye Poland star after impressive displays at Euro 2016". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- "Switzerland 1 Poland 1, Euro 2016: Poles win 5-4 on penalties despite Xherdan Shaqiri wonder-goal". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
- "Michał Pazdan". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
External links
- Michał Pazdan at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Michał Pazdan at Soccerway