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Łukasz Szukała

Łukasz Szukała (born 26 May 1984) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Łukasz Szukała
Szukała with Steaua București in 2014
Personal information
Full name Łukasz Szukała[1]
Date of birth (1984-05-26) 26 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Gdańsk, Poland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1994–1997 TuS Fortuna Saarburg
1997–1998 SV Trassem
1998–2000 Eintracht Trier
2000–2002 Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Metz B 9 (0)
2004–2008 1860 Munich II 51 (4)
2005–2008 1860 Munich 44 (0)
2008–2009 Alemannia Aachen II 1 (0)
2008–2010 Alemannia Aachen 26 (2)
2010–2011 Gloria Bistrița 28 (2)
2011–2012 Universitatea Cluj 29 (0)
2012 Petrolul Ploiești 2 (1)
2012–2015 Steaua București 65 (12)
2015 Al Ittihad 12 (3)
2015–2017 Osmanlıspor 12 (0)
2017–2019 Ankaragücü 6 (0)
Total 285 (23)
International career
2003 Poland U19 3 (0)
2005 Poland U21 3 (9)
2013–2015 Poland 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2018

After starting out his career at Metz B in France, Szukała went on to compete professionally in Germany, Romania, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, respectively.

At international level, Szukała represented the Poland senior team between 2013 and 2015, earning 17 caps and one goal in the process.

Club career

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Universitatea Cluj

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In June 2011, Szukała joined Universitatea Cluj on a three-year contract.[2]

Steaua București

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In August 2012, Łukasz signed with Romanian giants Steaua București.[3] On 4 November 2012, Szukała scored his first goal for title-chasing Steaua in a 3–1 win against their Bucharest arch-rivals, Dinamo, guaranteeing him a good relationship with the very demanding Steaua fans.[4] In 2014, he was voted as the best foreign footballer in Liga I.[5]

Al Ittihad

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On 3 January 2015, he signed a contract with Al-Ittihad, when he entered his final six months of the deal with Steaua.[6] The two clubs reached an agreement to release the player before his contract with Steaua ended, thus he joined Al-Ittihad in January 2015.[7]

International career

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Szukała made his first appearance for the Poland national football team against Denmark in 2013.

He scored his first goal for the national side in the 7–0 victory over Gibraltar.

Personal life

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Łukasz Szukała is a polyglot who speaks fluent Polish, English, French, German, and Romanian.

He also has a German citizenship. His parents emigrated to Germany during his early childhood. He grew up in the region of Trier.[8]

Szukała is married to a sports news presenter from Romania, Raluca Hogyes, with whom he has a son (b. 2019).[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10][11]
Club Season League League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1860 Munich II 2004–05 Regionalliga Bayern 16 1 0 0 — — — 16 1
2005–06 Regionalliga Bayern 14 1 0 0 — — — 14 1
2006–07 Regionalliga Bayern 14 1 0 0 — — — 14 1
2007–08 Regionalliga Bayern 7 1 0 0 — — — 7 1
Total 51 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 4
1860 Munich 2004–05 2. Bundesliga 18 0 0 0 — – — 18 0
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 15 0 0 0 — — — 15 0
2006–07 2. Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
2007–08 2. Bundesliga 9 0 0 0 — — — 9 0
Total 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Alemannia Aachen II 2008–09 NRW-Liga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Alemannia Aachen 2008–09 2. Bundesliga 18 2 2 0 — — — 20 2
2009–10 2. Bundesliga 8 0 2 1 — — — 10 1
Total 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 3
Gloria Bistrița 2010–11 Liga I 28 2 2 0 — — — 30 2
Universitatea Cluj 2011–12 Liga I 29 0 0 0 — — — 29 0
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 Liga I 2 1 0 0 — 0 0 — 2 1
Steaua București 2012–13 Liga I 20 4 1 0 — 6 0 — 27 4
2013–14 Liga I 29 4 4 0 — 12 0 1 1 46 5
2014–15 Liga I 16 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 28 4
Total 65 12 5 0 0 0 29 0 2 1 101 13
Ittihad 2014–15 Saudi Professional League 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 13 3
Osmanlıspor 2015–16 Süper Lig 10 0 0 0 — — — 10 0
2016–17 Süper Lig 2 0 3 0 — — — 5 0
2017–18 Süper Lig 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Ankaragücü 2017–18 TFF First League 5 0 1 0 — — — 5 0
2018–19 Süper Lig 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Total 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 276 24 16 1 0 0 29 0 2 1 323 26

International goals

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2014 Estádio Algarve, Faro   Gibraltar 4–0 7–0 Euro 2016 qualifier

Honours

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Steaua București

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Lukasz Szukala" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Lukasz Szukala, trei sezoane la "U" Cluj" (in Romanian). universitateacluj.ro. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Steaua l-a luat pe Lukasz Szukala de la Petrolul" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  4. ^ Steaua Bucureşti vs. Dinamo Bucureşti 3-1
  5. ^ "Liga 1 se învîrte în jurul urmașului lui Copernic - Cătălin Tolontan". 22 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Sanmartean a semnat cu Al Ittihad. Steaua il pierde si pe Szukala!" (in Romanian). enational.ro. 4 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Fotbal: Steaua se desparte de Szukala și Sânmărtean" (in Romanian). Agerpres. 14 January 2015.
  8. ^ Lukas Szukala
  9. ^ FOTO Fosta prezentatoare Raluca Hogyes și fotbalistul Lukasz Szukala au devenit părinți: "Boris, te iubim dincolo de cuvinte"
  10. ^ Łukasz Szukała at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Lukasz Szukala – MKE Ankaragücü – Liga I: alle Spielerstatistiken, News und alle persönlichen Informationen – kicker". kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  12. ^ Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2014
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