Michał_Pazdan
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.
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Pazdan with Legia Warsaw in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michał Pazdan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 36) | ||
| 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 | |||
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 made his Ekstraklasa debut 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 a two-year deal with Ankaragücü.[4]
Pazdan has earned 35 caps for the Poland national 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]
Club
- As of 11 May 2019[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | 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
- As of 27 March 2021[9]
| 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 | |
Legia Warsaw
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Best Player: 2016
- Ekstraklasa Defender of the Year: 2014–15
- Polish Footballers' Union's Ekstraklasa XI: 2016
- FIFA San Miguel Cup Team of the Tournament: 2009[5]
- Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup runner-up[5]
- "Michal Pazdan". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- "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 from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- Anderson, David (22 June 2016). "English clubs eye Poland star after impressive displays at Euro 2016". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- Sport, Telegraph (25 June 2016). "Switzerland 1 Poland 1, Euro 2016: Poles win 5-4 on penalties despite Xherdan Shaqiri wonder-goal". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- "Michał Pazdan". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- Michał Pazdan at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Michał Pazdan at Soccerway
