Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɛrt lɛvanˈdɔfskʲi] (listen); born 21 August 1988) is a Polish footballer. He plays as a striker for La Liga club Barcelona and the Poland national team.

Robert Lewandowski

Lewandowski with Bayern Munich in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Robert Lewandowski[1]
Date of birth	(1988-08-21) 21 August 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Barcelona
Number	9
Youth career
1996–1997	Partyzant Leszno
1997–2005	MKS Varsovia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005	Delta Warsaw	17	(4)
2005–2006	Legia Warsaw II	13	(2)
2006	Znicz Pruszków II	2	(6)
2006–2008	Znicz Pruszków	59	(36)
2008–2010	Lech Poznań	58	(32)
2010–2014	Borussia Dortmund	131	(74)
2014–2022	Bayern Munich	375	(344)
2022–	Barcelona	152	(100)
International career‡
2007	Poland U19	1	(0)
2008	Poland U21	3	(0)
2008–	Poland	153	(84)
Signature
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:15, 28 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2024

He began his career with Znicz Pruszków in 2005, then continuously moved up the Polish tiers until he made it to the first-tier club Lech Poznań in 2008.

A full international for Poland since 2008, Lewandowski has earned over 100 caps and was a member of their team at Euro 2012, Euro 2016 and 2018 FIFA World Cup. With 60 international goals, Lewandowski is the all-time top scorer for Poland. In 2015, he was voted Polish Sportspersonality of the Year and in 2016 he claimed fourth place at the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards.

He has been named the Polish Player of the Year a record seven times. The Guardian has ranked him as the fifth-best footballer on the planet in 2015.^[4]

Likely one of Lewandowski's most famous records is scoring 5 goals in 9 minutes (8:59).^[5] For achieving this, Robert Lewandowski was awarded 4 Guinness World Records.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Delta Warsaw	2004–05	IV liga	17	4	2	0	—		—		19	4
Legia Warsaw II	2005–06	III liga	13	2	1	2	—		—		14	4
Znicz II Pruszków	2006–07	Klasa A	2	6	0	0	—		—		2	6
Znicz Pruszków	2006–07	III liga	27	15	5	2	—		—		32	17
	2007–08	II liga	32	21	2	0	—		—		34	21
	Total		59	36	7	2	—		—		66	38
Lech Poznań	2008–09	Ekstraklasa	30	14	6	2	12[b]	4	—		48	20
	2009–10	Ekstraklasa	28	18	1	0	4[c]	2	1[d]	1	34	21
	Total		58	32	7	2	16	6	1	1	82	41
Borussia Dortmund	2010–11	Bundesliga	33	8	2	0	8[c]	1	—		43	9
	2011–12	Bundesliga	34	22	6	7	6[e]	1	1[f]	0	47	30
	2012–13	Bundesliga	31	24	4	1	13[e]	10	1[f]	1	49	36
	2013–14	Bundesliga	33	20	5	2	9[e]	6	1[f]	0	48	28
	Total		131	74	17	10	36	18	3	1	187	103
Bayern Munich	2014–15	Bundesliga	31	17	5	2	12[e]	6	1[f]	0	49	25
	2015–16	Bundesliga	32	30	6	3	12[e]	9	1[f]	0	51	42
	2016–17	Bundesliga	33	30	4	5	9[e]	8	1[f]	0	47	43
	2017–18	Bundesliga	30	29	6	6	11[e]	5	1[f]	1	48	41
	2018–19	Bundesliga	33	22	5	7	8[e]	8	1[f]	3	47	40
	2019–20	Bundesliga	31	34	5	6	10[e]	15	1[f]	0	47	55
	2020–21	Bundesliga	29	41	1	0	6[e]	5	4[g]	2	40	48
	2021–22	Bundesliga	34	35	1	0	10[e]	13	1[f]	2	46	50
	Total		253	238	33	29	78	69	11	8	375	344
Barcelona	2022–23	La Liga	34	23	3	2	7[h]	6	2[i]	2	46	33
	2023–24	La Liga	9	5	0	0	2[e]	1	0	0	11	6
	Total		43	28	3	2	9	7	2	2	57	39
Career total			575	420	70	47	138	100	17	12	803	579

1. Includes Polish Cup, DFB-Pokal, Copa del Rey
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
7. One appearance in DFL-Supercup, two appearances and two goals in FIFA Club World Cup, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
8. Five appearances and five goals in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
9. Appearances in Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 10 September 2023^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2008	4	2
	2009	12	1
	2010	13	6
	2011	11	3
	2012	10	2
	2013	10	3
	2014	6	5
	2015	7	11
	2016	12	8
	2017	6	9
	2018	11	4
	2019	10	6
	2020	4	2
	2021	12	11
	2022	10	4
	2023	6	3
Total		144	81

Honours

Znicz Pruszków

• III liga: 2006–07

Lech Poznań^[8]

• Ekstraklasa: 2009–10
• Polish Cup: 2008–09
• Polish Super Cup: 2009

Borussia Dortmund^[8]

• Bundesliga: 2010–11, 2011–12
• DFB-Pokal: 2011–12
• DFL-Supercup: 2013
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2012–13

Bayern Munich

• 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,^[9] 2021^[10]
• UEFA Champions League: 2019–20^[11]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2020^[12]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2020^[13]

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2022–23^[14]
• Supercopa de España: 2022–23^[15]

Individual

• Ballon d'Or Striker of the Year / Gerd Müller Trophy: 2021, 2022^[16]
• European Golden Shoe: 2020–21,^[17] 2021–22
• The Best FIFA Men's Player: 2020,^[18][19] 2021^[20]
• FIFA FIFPro World11: 2020,^[21] 2021^[22]
• FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2020^[23]
• IFFHS World's Best Man Player: 2020, 2021^[24][25]
• IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer: 2020,^[26] 2021 ^[27]
• IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer: 2015,^[28] 2021^[29]
• IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer: 2021^[30]
• IFFHS Men's World Team: 2020,^[31] 2021^[32]
• IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011–2020^[33]
• IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011–2020^[34]
• UEFA Men's Player of the Year: 2019–20^[35]
• UEFA Champions League Forward of the Season: 2019–20^{[broken anchor][36]}
• UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 2019–20^{[broken anchor][37]}
• UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2019–20^{[broken anchor][37]}
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2019–20^{[broken anchor]}, 2020–21^{[38][39][40][41]}
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2019, 2020^[42][43]
• UEFA Euro qualifying Best Player: 2016^[44]
• Laureus World Sports Awards – Exceptional Achievement Award (2022)^[45]
• Golden Foot: 2022^[46]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22^[47][48][49]
• AIPS European Sportsman of the Year: 2020^[50]
• European Sportsperson of the Year: 2020^[51]
• World Soccer Player of the Year: 2020,^[52] 2021^[53]
• FourFourTwo Player of the Year: 2020,^[54] 2021^[55]
• Tuttosport Golden Player: 2020,^[56][57] 2021^[58]
• The Guardian Best Footballer in the World: 2020,^[59] 2021^[60]
• Goal 50: 2019–20^[61]
• Globe Soccer Best Player of the Year: 2020^[62][63]
• Globe Soccer Fans' Player of the Year: 2021
• Globe Soccer Maradona Award: 2021^[64]
• Guinness World Record (x4): 2015^[65]
• Ekstraklasa Best Player: 2009
• Ekstraklasa top goalscorer: 2009–10
• Ekstraklasa Goal of the Season: 2008–09^[66]
• II liga top goalscorer: 2007–08
• III liga top goalscorer: 2006–07 III liga
• Polish Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Polish Sports Personality of the Year: 2015, 2020, 2021^[67][68][69]
• Polish Young Player of the Year: 2008
• VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21^{[70][71][72][73][74]}
• VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22^{[70][75][76][77][71][72][78][73][74][79]}
• Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2016–17, 2019–20^[80][81]
• Bundesliga Goal of the Month: March 2019,^[82] August 2019,^[83] May 2021^[84]
• Bundesliga top goalscorer: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22^{[85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92]}
• Bundesliga Fantasy Team of the Season: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22^[93][94][95]
• Bundesliga Player of the Month: August 2019, October 2020^[96][97]
• Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2020, 2021^[98][99]
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22^{[100][101][102][103][104][105][106]}
• DFB-Pokal top goalscorer: 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
• Lech Poznań All-time XI^[107]
• Bayern Munich Player of the Season: 2019–20^[108]
• Pichichi Trophy: 2022–23
• La Liga Team of the Season: 2022–23^[109]
• La Liga Player of the Month: October 2022^[110]

Orders

• Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross: 2021^[111]
• Order of the Smile: 2022^[112]