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.

Michał Pazdan
Pazdan with Legia Warsaw in 2018
Personal information
Full name Michał Pazdan[1]
Date of birth (1987-09-21) 21 September 1987
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2022

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, Pazdan joined Górnik Zabrze and made his Ekstraklasa debut on 14 September 2007 with Jagiellonia Białystok against Polonia Bytom. During that season, he made 19 appearances for the club, 17 of those as a starter, and helped his team finish in eighth place that season.

On 24 June 2015, Pazdan joined Legia Warsaw.[3] He later signed a two-year contract with Ankaragücü on 29 January 2019.[4]

International career

Pazdan earned 35 caps for the Poland national team, having debuted on 15 December 2007 in a 1–0 friendly victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5] He was later included in the Polish squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 but did not feature in any match.[6][7]

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.[8] Poland beat Switzerland on penalties to qualify for the quarter-finals, but the defenders conceded their first goal of the tournament to Xherdan Shaqiri.[9]

In May 2018, he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 11 May 2019[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 19000–90280
2008–09 29020–20330
2009–10 I liga 33200––332
2010–11 Ekstraklasa 17000––170
2011–12 28120––301
Total 126340–1101413
Jagiellonia Białystok 2012–13 Ekstraklasa 27130––301
2013–14 32050––370
2014–15 27220––292
Total 863100––963
Legia Warsaw 2015–16 Ekstraklasa 2404010010390
2016–17 2800010000380
2017–18 290305010380
2018–19 2021300071
Total 83091280201221
Ankaragücü 2018–19 Süper Lig 11100––111
Career total 30672312801303708
  1. Includes Polish SuperCup and Ekstraklasa Cup.

International
As of 27 March 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 200710
200840
201320
201420
201550
2016100
201760
201850
201930
Total380

Honours

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
  • Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup runner-up

References
  1. "Michal Pazdan". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. "Michał Pazdan piłkarzem Legii Warszawa! (HD)". Legia Warsaw (in Polish). 25 June 2015.
  4. "Michal Pazdan Ankaragümüzde!". Ankaragücü Resmi Web Sitesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. Mielczarek, Krzysztof (15 December 2007). "Skromna wygrana Polaków". iGol (in Polish). Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  6. Duchowski, Robert (5 June 2008). "Kadra reprezentacji Polski na Euro 2008". Szczecin Naszemiasto (in Polish). Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  7. Dobek, Dariusz (13 June 2015). "Michał Pazdan - "pirania" Beenhakkera rusza na łowy". Onet.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  8. Anderson, David (22 June 2016). "English clubs eye Poland star after impressive displays at Euro 2016". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. "Switzerland 1–1 Poland, Euro 2016: Poles win 5-4 on penalties despite Xherdan Shaqiri wonder-goal". The Daily Telegraph. 25 June 2016.
  10. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. "Michał Pazdan". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 December 2016.
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