Taras Romanczuk

Taras Wiktorowycz Romanczuk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtaras roˈmantʂuk] also spelled Romanchuk, Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Романчук; born 14 November 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok. Born in Ukraine, he plays for the Poland national team.

Taras Romanczuk
Personal information
Full name Taras Wiktorowycz Romanczuk[1]
Birth name Taras Viktorovych Romanchuk
Date of birth (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991[2][3]
Place of birth Kovel, Ukraine[4]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[5]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Jagiellonia Białystok
Number 6
Youth career
2004–2005 MFK Kovel
2005 BRW-BIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi
2006–2008 MFK Kovel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Apperkot Kovel (futsal) 34 (13)
2013–2014 Legionovia Legionowo 45 (3)
2014– Jagiellonia Białystok 300 (27)
International career‡
2018– Poland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Career

After starting his youth career for MFK Kovel and BRW-BIK (both Volhynian youth clubs) at Ukrainian Youth Football League, Romanczuk played for Ukrainian mini-football club Apperkot Kovel, making his debut in 2010.

Legionovia Legionowo

In February 2013, he joined Legionovia Legionowo in the II liga in 2013. made his debut on 13 April 2013 during the league match against Zawisza Rzgów, when in the 46th minute he replaced Łukasz Prusik on the pitch. He scored his first goal on 5 June 2013 in a 3–0 league win against GKP Targówek.[6] Legionovia finished that season as the winner of the Polish Third Division, thus ensuring the promotion to the I liga.

Jagiellonia

On 21 July 2014, he joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok on a one-year contract with the option of extending for another two years[7] He made his debut on 15 August 2014, replacing Jonatan Straus in the 46th minute of the league match against Legia Warsaw. His first goal for Jagiellonia recorded on 9 November 2014 during a 5–2 loss against Ruch Chorzów.[8]

On 2 July 2015, Romanczuk made his European debut in a 1–0 win against Kruoja Pakruojis in the UEFA Europa League.[9] In the summer of 2016, Turkish side Konyaspor had a bid rejected for the player. He became vice-captain to the captain Rafał Grzyb.[10]

During the 2016–17 Ekstraklasa season, Romanczuk aided Jagiellonia as they finished the campaign as runners-up for the first time in their history in the Ekstraklasa, 2 points behind the winners Legia Warsaw.[11] and at the beginning of January 2017 he was honoured with the award of the best defensive midfielder of Ekstraklasa in 2016.[12] During the 2017–18 Ekstraklasa, Jagiellonia achieved a second-place finish for the second season running, after finishing 3 points behind Legia yet again.[13]

On 20 April 2024, Romanczuk played the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 away win over Zagłębie Lubin; it was his 300th Ekstraklasa appearance for Jagiellonia, and he became the first player in the club's history to achieve such feat.[14]

International career

Romanczuk received Polish citizenship on 15 March 2018 making him eligible for the Poland national team.[15] Taras was called up for friendly's against Nigeria and South Korea subsequently making his debut against South Korea, playing 61 minutes before being subbed for Arkadiusz Milik.[16]

In May 2018, he was a surprise omission from the initial 35 man preliminary Poland squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[17]

In March 2024, he received his first call-up in almost six years for UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-off matches against Estonia and Wales to be played on 21 and 26 March.[18] He made an appearance in the latter, coming on as a substitute at the start of the second half of extra-time.[19]

Personal life

Romanczuk was born and raised in Ukraine, but has spent all of his professional career in Poland. He also has Polish roots on one side of his family: his great-grandfather was a farmer from Sobibór and his grandmother was born in Włodawa (1939).

He received Polish citizenship in March 2018.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 20 April 2024
Club Season League League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Legionovia Legionowo 2012–13 III liga 131———131
2013–14 II liga 322———322
Total453———453
Jagiellonia Białystok 2014–15 Ekstraklasa 27420——294
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 3332040—393
2016–17 Ekstraklasa 33520——355
2017–18 Ekstraklasa 3351041—386
2018–19 Ekstraklasa 3315242—425
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 35310——363
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 25210——262
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 30310——313
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 24110——251
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 27050——320
Total300272121230033332
Career total 345302121230037835

International
As of 26 March 2024
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland
201810
202410
Total20

Honours

Legionovia Legionowo

  • III liga, group A: 2012–13[20]

References
  1. "Poland - T. Romanczuk - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. UEFA.com. "Taras Romanchuk | Poland | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. "Poland - T. Romanczuk - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. "Poland - T. Romanczuk - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. "Poland - T. Romanczuk - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  6. https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=pl&sp=nmt4&u=http://www.90minut.pl/mecz.php%3Fid_mecz%3D874667&xid=17259,15700022,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700186,15700190,15700201,15700208&usg=ALkJrhiBNHFLoJzfKNXSWBTHxNIHZTebxw
  7. Т.Романчук: "Яґеллонія — мій шанс розвиватися далі" (in Ukrainian). football.ua. 27 December 2014.
  8. "T-Mobile Ekstraklasa: Ruch Chorzów - Jagiellonia Białystok 5:2". 9 November 2014.
  9. "Jagiellonia zwycięża w końcówce".
  10. "TARAS ROMANCZUK AND RAFAŁ GRZYB BEFORE THE MATCH AGAINST RIO AVE" (in Polish). Jagiellonia. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  11. "Feta w Białymstoku. Jagiellonia wicemistrzem Polski (Zdjęcia, wideo)". 4 June 2017.
  12. "Taras Romanczuk najlepszym defensywnym pomocnikiem 2016 roku". 9 January 2017.
  13. "Jagiellonia wygrała z Wisłą Płock. Jednak to nie wystarczyło, by zostać mistrzem" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  14. "Trener lidera nie ma wątpliwości. "Jest legendą tego klubu"". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  15. "Taras Romanczuk został obywatelem Polski. "To wyjątkowy dzień w moim życiu"" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  16. "Brawa dla Romanczuka. Udany debiut zawodnika Jagiellonii" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  17. "Country switch by Romanczuk backfires with Polish World Cup snub". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  18. "Powołania na marcowe mecze reprezentacji Polski" [Call-ups to the Polish national team for March matches] (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  19. "Taras Romanczuk – zadaniowiec na baraże, czy kadrowicz Probierza na dłużej?". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 28 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  20. "III liga 2012/2013, grupa: łódzko-mazowiecka" (in Polish). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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