Jan Biegański (born 4 December 2002) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for I liga club Lechia Gdańsk.

Jan Biegański
Personal information
Full name Jan Biegański
Date of birth (2002-12-04) 4 December 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Gliwice, Poland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Lechia Gdańsk
Number 6
Youth career
GKS Katowice
0000–2015 Silent Dąbrowa Górnicza
2015–2018 GKS Tychy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 GKS Tychy 22 (2)
2021– Lechia Gdańsk 42 (1)
2021–2022 Lechia Gdańsk II 4 (0)
2022GKS Tychy (loan) 11 (3)
2023GKS Tychy (loan) 8 (0)
International career
2018 Poland U16 5 (2)
2018–2019 Poland U17 11 (1)
2019–2020 Poland U19 2 (0)
2021–2022 Poland U20 7 (1)
2021– Poland U21 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Football edit

Early years edit

Biegański started playing football for the youth side of GKS Katowice before joining the academy of Silent Dąbrowa Górnicza.[1] In 2015, Biegański joined GKS Tychy, making his first team debut Raków Częstochowa during the 2017–18 season, becoming the youngest ever debutant for the club, aged 15. In the match against GKS Katowice the following season, Biegański came off the bench and given the captain's armband, becoming the youngest ever captain for GKS Tychy at the age of 15 years 355 days.[2][3] Biegański spent three and a half seasons with GKS Tychy in I liga, making a total of 22 league appearances and scoring 2 goals.

Lechia Gdańsk edit

On 1 January 2021, Biegański officially joined Lechia Gdańsk.[4] Unable to gain a regular place in the line-up under manager Tomasz Kaczmarek, on 26 August 2022 he was loaned back to GKS Tychy until the end of the season.[5] Following a successful spell at his previous club and as a youth international, he was recalled on 23 November 2022.[6] On 22 February 2023, the last day of the winter transfer window in Poland, he was yet again sent on loan to GKS until the end of the 2022–23 campaign.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Jan Biegański". 90minut.pl.
  2. ^ "Czas na kolejny etap. Jan Biegański odchodzi z GKS Tychy". gkstychy.info. 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Fortuna 1 Liga. Jan Biegański, czyli 15-latek kapitanem. "Byłem w lekkim szoku"". sport.pl. 29 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Jan Biegański: Lechia była właściwym wyborem". lechia.pl. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  5. ^ "Powrót do domu. Jan Biegański wypożyczony do GKS Tychy" (in Polish). GKS Tychy. 26 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Jan Biegański wraca do Lechii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 22 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Jan Biegański dokończy sezon w GKS-ie Tychy" (in Polish). Lechia Gdańsk. 22 February 2023.