Lukas Podolski
Polish-German association football player
Lukas Josef Podolski (German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas poˈdɔlski]; born Łukasz Józef Podolski, Polish pronunciation: [ˈwukaʂ pɔˈdɔlskʲi], on 4 June 1985) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze.
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Full name | Lukas Josef Podolski[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Łukasz Józef Podolski[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 June 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gliwice, Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Górnik Zabrze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1995 | FC 07 Bergheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–2003 | 1. FC Köln | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | 1. FC Köln II | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | 1. FC Köln | 81 | (46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Bayern Munich | 71 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Bayern Munich II | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2012 | 1. FC Köln | 88 | (33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Arsenal | 60 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Galatasaray | 56 | (20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Vissel Kobe | 52 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Antalyaspor | 40 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Górnik Zabrze | 74 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Germany U17 | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Germany U18 | 7 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Germany U19 | 3 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Germany U21 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2017 | Germany | 130 | (49) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC) |
Career statistics
changeClub
changeClub | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other[d] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
1. FC Köln II | 2002–03 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2003–04 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
1. FC Köln | 2003–04 | Bundesliga | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 10 | |||
2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 30 | 24 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | 32 | 29 | ||||
2005–06 | Bundesliga | 32 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 12 | ||||
Total | 81 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 51 | ||
Bayern Munich | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 34 | 7 | |
2007–08 | Bundesliga | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | — | 41 | 10 | ||
2008–09 | Bundesliga | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 31 | 9 | |||
Total | 71 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 26 | ||
Bayern Munich II | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Süd | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
1. FC Köln | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||
2010–11 | Bundesliga | 32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 34 | 14 | ||||
2011–12 | Bundesliga | 29 | 18 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 18 | ||||
Total | 88 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 35 | ||
Arsenal | 2012–13 | Premier League | 33 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | — | 42 | 16 | |
2013–14 | Premier League | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 27 | 12 | ||
2014–15 | Premier League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | — | 13 | 3 | ||
Total | 60 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 31 | ||
Inter Milan (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie A | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
Galatasaray | 2015–16 | Süper Lig | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | — | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 17 | |
2016–17 | Süper Lig | 26 | 7 | 5 | 10 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 32 | 17 | |||
Total | 56 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 34 | ||
Vissel Kobe | 2017 | J1 League | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 5 | ||
2018 | J1 League | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 7 | |||
2019 | J1 League | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 5 | |||
Total | 52 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 17 | ||
Antalyaspor | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | |||
2020–21 | Süper Lig | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 36 | 5 | ||||
Total | 40 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 7 | ||
Górnik Zabrze | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 9 | |||
2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | 8 | ||||
2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | ||||
Total | 74 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 20 | ||
Career total | 543 | 173 | 57 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 654 | 222 |
- ↑ Includes FA Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Turkish Cup, Emperor's Cup and Polish Cup
- ↑ Includes EFL Cup, DFL-Ligapokal and J.League Cup
- ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup and Europa League
- ↑ Includes Turkish Super Cup
International
changeNational team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Germany | 2004 | 8 | 2 |
2005 | 12 | 8 | |
2006 | 17 | 12 | |
2007 | 7 | 2 | |
2008 | 16 | 7 | |
2009 | 9 | 6 | |
2010 | 14 | 5 | |
2011 | 12 | 1 | |
2012 | 11 | 1 | |
2013 | 5 | 2 | |
2014 | 10 | 1 | |
2015 | 5 | 1 | |
2016 | 3 | 0 | |
2017 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 130 | 49 |
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Podolski goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 December 2004 | Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | Thailand | 3–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
2 | 5–1 | |||||
3 | 26 March 2005 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Slovenia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
4 | 4 June 2005 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 4–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
5 | 15 June 2005 | Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany | Australia | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup |
6 | 25 June 2005 | Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany | Brazil | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup |
7 | 29 June 2005 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | Mexico | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup |
8 | 7 September 2005 | Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin, Germany | South Africa | 1–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
9 | 3–1 | |||||
10 | 4–2 | |||||
11 | 27 May 2006 | Badenova Stadion, Freiburg, Germany | Luxembourg | 3–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
12 | 5–0 | |||||
13 | 20 June 2006 | Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin, Germany | Ecuador | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
14 | 24 June 2006 | Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany | Sweden | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
15 | 2–0 | |||||
16 | 2 September 2006 | Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
17 | 6 September 2006 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | San Marino | 1–0 | 13–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
18 | 5–0 | |||||
19 | 8–0 | |||||
20 | 10–0 | |||||
21 | 11 October 2006 | Tehelné Pole Stadion, Bratislava, Slovakia | Slovakia | 1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
22 | 4–1 | |||||
23 | 12 September 2007 | Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany | Romania | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
24 | 17 November 2007 | AWD Arena, Hanover, Germany | Cyprus | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
25 | 26 March 2008 | St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland | Switzerland | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
26 | 8 June 2008 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria | Poland | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
27 | 2–0 | |||||
28 | 12 June 2008 | Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria | Croatia | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
29 | 6 September 2008 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
30 | 2–0 | |||||
31 | 11 October 2008 | Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany | Russia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
32 | 28 March 2009 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | Liechtenstein | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
33 | 29 May 2009 | Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China | China | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
34 | 9 September 2009 | AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany | Azerbaijan | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
35 | 14 October 2009 | HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg, Germany | Finland | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
36 | 18 November 2009 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
37 | 2–2 | |||||
38 | 29 May 2010 | Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
39 | 13 June 2010 | Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa | Australia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
40 | 28 June 2010 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | England | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |
41 | 7 September 2010 | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany | Azerbaijan | 2–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
42 | 12 October 2010 | Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
43 | 2 September 2011 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Austria | 3–0 | 6–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
44 | 17 June 2012 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine | Denmark | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 |
45 | 29 May 2013 | FAU Stadium, Miami, United States | Ecuador | 1–0 | 4–2 | Friendly |
46 | 3–0 | |||||
47 | 6 June 2014 | Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany | Armenia | 2–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
48 | 25 March 2015 | Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany | Australia | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
49 | 22 March 2017 | Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany | England | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
change1. FC Köln
Bayern Munich[6]
Arsenal[6]
Galatasaray[6]
Vissel Kobe
Germany[6]
- FIFA World Cup: 2014; third place: 2006, 2010
- UEFA European Championship runner-up 2008[10]
Individual
- 2.Bundesliga Top scorer: 2004–05
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 2006[11]
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006, 2010,[12] 2014[13]
- Silver Shoe: Euro 2008[14]
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008[15]
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2010–11[16]
- Goal of the Year (Germany): 2017[17]
- Ekstraklasa Top assists provider: 2022–23[18]
References
change- ↑ "Lukas Josef Podolski". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ "Lukas Podolski - nr 10 - Napastnik" (in Polish). Górnik Zabrze. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ "Lukas Podolski". Arsenal Football Club. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ "Lukas Podolski" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ↑ "Lukas Podolski » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "L. Podolski". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Lukas Podolski". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
- ↑ "Lukas Podolski – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ↑ "Andrés Iniesta skippers Vissel Kobe to first trophy in David Villa's final match". AS. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ↑ Murray, Scott (2008-06-29). "Euro 2008: Germany 0-1 Spain". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ "Lukas Podolski crowned Gillette Best Young Player". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "DFB-Elf erhält Silbernes Lorbeerblatt". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt für Schweinsteiger und Co" (in German). stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Germany - Training & Press Conference". gettyimages. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ↑ "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
- ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 2010/11" (in German). kicker.
- ↑ "Podolski ist Torschütze des Jahres 2017" (in German). Sportschau. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ↑ "Asystenci". ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2023.[permanent dead link]