Michał Pazdan

Michał Pazdan
Personal information
Full name Michał Pazdan
Date of birth (1987-09-21) September 21, 1987
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Centre back, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw
Number 2
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– Legia Warsaw 52 (0)
National team‡
2007– Poland 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:48, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Michał Pazdan (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpazdan], born September 21, 1987 in Kraków) is a Polish footballer who plays as a center back and defensive midfielder for Legia Warsaw.

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 September 14, 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.[1]

International career

Pazdan has earned 9 caps for the Poland national football team. He made his debut on December 15, 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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 June 2017.[5]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Górnik Zabrze 2007–08 Ekstraklasa 19000–90280
2008–09 29020–20330
2009–10 I liga 33200––332
2010–11 Ekstraklasa 17000––170
2011–12 28120––301
Total 126 3 4 0 – 11 0 141 3
Jagiellonia Białystok 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 27130––301
2013–14 32050––370
2014–15 27220––292
Total 86 3 10 0 – – 96 3
Legia Warsaw 2015–16 Ekstraklasa 2404010010390
2016–17 2800010000380
Total 52 0 4 0 20 0 1 0 77 0

1 Including Polish SuperCup and Ekstraklasa Cup.

International

As of 10 June 2017.[5]
Poland
YearAppsGoals
200710
200840
201320
201420
201550
2016100
201720
Total260

Honours

Club

Legia Warsaw

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Michał Pazdan piłkarzem Legii Warszawa! (HD)". Legia Warsaw. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 90minut.pl (in Polish)
  3. ↑ Anderson, David (2016-06-22). "English clubs eye Poland star after impressive displays at Euro 2016". Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  4. ↑ "Switzerland 1 Poland 1, Euro 2016: Poles win 5-4 on penalties despite Xherdan Shaqiri wonder-goal". Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  5. 1 2 "Michał Pazdan". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 21 December 2016.


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