Michał Pazdan
 Pazdan with Legia Warsaw in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Kraków, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team 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 | 81 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007– | Poland | 35 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 June 2018 | |||
Michał Pazdan (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpazdan] , born 21 September 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back 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 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.[2]
International career
Pazdan has earned 9 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 June 2018[7]
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Europe | Other1 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Total | 81 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 293 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 352 | 6 | ||
1 Including Polish SuperCup and Ekstraklasa Cup.
International
- As of 24 June 2018[7]
| Poland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 35 | 0 |
Honours
Club
Individual
- 2009 FIFA San Miguel Cup: Team of the Tournament[3]
- Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup: Runner-Up (Prize: PSP)[3]
- 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
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Michał Pazdan piłkarzem Legii Warszawa! (HD)". Legia Warsaw. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ a b c 90minut.pl Template:Pl icon
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Michał Pazdan". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
External links
- Michał Pazdan at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
- Michał Pazdan at Soccerway
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