Robert Lewandowski (born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and captains the Poland national team. Recognised for his positioning, technique and finishing, Lewandowski is considered one of the best strikers of all time, as well as one of the most successful players in Bundesliga history. He has scored over 500 senior career goals for club and country.
After being the top scorer in the third and second tiers of Polish football with Znicz Pruszkow, Lewandowski moved to top-flight Lech Poznan, helping the team win the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa. In 2010, he transferred to Borussia Dortmund, where he won honors including two consecutive Bundesliga titles and the league's top goalscorer award. In 2013, he also featured with Dortmund in the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final. Prior to the start of the 2014–15 season, Lewandowski agreed to join Dortmund's domestic rivals, Bayern Munich, on a free transfer. In Munich, he won the Bundesliga title in every one of his eight seasons. Lewandowski was integral in Bayern's UEFA Champions League win in 2019–20 as part of a treble. He is one of only two players, alongside Johan Cruyff, to achieve the European treble while being the highest goalscorer in all three competitions, and the first to do it as the sole top scorer.
A full international for Poland since 2008, Lewandowski has earned over 130 caps and was a member of their team at UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2020. With 76 international goals, Lewandowski is the all-time top scorer for Poland and the third overall men's international goalscorer in Europe, only behind Ferenc Puskás (84) and Cristiano Ronaldo (117). He won IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer Award in 2015 and 2021, IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer Award in 2020 and 2021, and IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer Award in 2021. He also won the IFFHS World's Best Player in 2020 and 2021 and the European Golden Shoe for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. Moreover, Lewandowski has been named the Polish Footballer of the Year a record ten times and the Polish Sports Personality of the Year three times.
Lewandowski is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest centre-forwards of all time. An accurate and efficient finisher with his head and both feet, Lewandowski is a prolific goalscorer, which has led him to be dubbed Lewangoalski. A well-rounded forward, he is said to possess almost all the necessary qualities of a traditional number nine: height, strength, balance, pace, intelligent movement and proficiency with both feet. Although he primarily operates as a goal-poacher in the penalty area, due to his positional sense, ability to shoot first time, strength in the air, and powerful shot with either foot, his excellent technical skills, quick feet, proficient dribbling, vision, and physique also enable him to hold up the ball with his back to goal and either bring his teammates into play, or win fouls for his team in useful positions; despite often functioning as a lone-centre forward or as an out-and-out striker.
He has also stood out for his work-rate and defensive contribution off the ball, and is capable of dropping into deeper roles on the pitch, in order to create space for teammates with his movement, or surprise defenders by making late and sudden attacking runs into the area. Lewandowski is an accurate penalty taker and has repeatedly shown coolness and composure on the spot; he is also capable of scoring from long range, and has been known to take free kicks. In addition to his playing ability, Lewandowski has also been praised for his outstanding work-ethic, fitness, mentality, and discipline, both on the pitch and in training, by pundits, players and managers.<\/P>","411CCFA197052F93":"Robert Lewandowski","46F0C72A3415188ABA1E996C06156FBC05C24372D6636D63":"1","8025E7E497D77CF6":"Barcelona","46F0C72A3415188A868170E78E72CF24":"20000000.00","BFA4903D06441BD5032C18CFE9B50683":"
CLUB
<\/U><\/STRONG>Znicz Pruszkow
<\/STRONG>III liga: 2006–07
Lech Poznan<\/STRONG>
Ekstraklasa: 2009–10
Polish Cup: 2008–09
Polish SuperCup: 2009
Borussia Dortmund<\/STRONG>
Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2011–12
DFB-Pokal: 2011–12
DFL-Supercup: 2013
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2012–13
Bayern Munich<\/STRONG>
Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021-22
DFB-Pokal: 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019-20
DFL-Supercup: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
UEFA Champions League: 2019–20
UEFA Super Cup: 2020
FIFA Club World Cup: 2020
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U>
Ballon d'Or Striker of the Year \/ Gerd Müller Trophy:<\/STRONG>
2021,2022
European Golden Shoe:<\/STRONG>
2020–21, 2021–22
The Best FIFA Men's Player:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
FIFA FIFPro World11:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball:<\/STRONG>
2020
IFFHS World's Best Man Player:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer:
<\/STRONG>2015, 2021
IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer:<\/STRONG>
2021
IFFHS Men's World Team:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
IFFHS World Team of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2011–2020
IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2011–2020
UEFA Men's Player of the Year: <\/STRONG>
2019–20
UEFA Champions League Forward of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
UEFA Champions League top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
UEFA Champions League top assist provider:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21
UEFA Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2019, 2020
UEFA Euro qualifying Best Player:<\/STRONG>
2016
ESM Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
European Sportsperson of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2020
World Soccer Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
FourFourTwo Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
Tuttosport Golden Player:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
The Guardian Best Footballer in the World:<\/STRONG>
2020,2021
Goal 50:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
Globe Soccer Best Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2020
Globe Soccer Fans' Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2021
Globe Soccer Maradona Award:<\/STRONG>
2021
Guinness World Record (x4):
<\/STRONG>2015
Ekstraklasa Best Player:<\/STRONG>
2009
Ekstraklasa top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2009–10
Ekstraklasa Goal of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2008–09
II liga top goalscorer:
<\/STRONG>2007–08
III liga top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2006–07 III liga
Polish Footballer of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Polish Sports Personality of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2015, 2020, 2021
Polish Young Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2008
VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21
VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Bundesliga Player of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2016–17, 2019–20
Bundesliga Goal of the Month:
<\/STRONG>March 2019, August 2019, May 2021
Bundesliga top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Bundesliga Team of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Bundesliga Fantasy Team of the Season:
<\/STRONG>2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Bundesliga Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
August 2019, October 2020
Footballer of the Year in Germany:<\/STRONG>
2020, 2021
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
DFB-Pokal top goalscorer:<\/STRONG>
2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Bayern Munich Player of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
La Liga Player of the Month:<\/STRONG>
October 2022<\/P>","797F91F0051E8E7502912D1DDA7DF5C1":"Poland","D41F91B0720932DCFCEBDA572EB68D71":"1988-8-21","BA50BEB0DB40F3ADF7C4575FF4221F17":"\u20ac45.00M","e_index":9};