Taras Romanczuk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtaras roˈmantʂuk] also spelled Romanchuk, Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Романчук; born 14 November 1991) is a Ukrainian-born Polish naturalized football player who plays as a midfielder for Jagiellonia Białystok in the Polish Ekstraklasa.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taras Viktorovych Romanchuk | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Kovel, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club 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 | 249 | (26) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018 | Poland | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2021 | |||
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.
In February 2013, he joined Legionovia Legionowo in the II liga in 2013. made his debut on April 13, 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 June 5, 2013 in a 3-0 league win against GKP Targówek.[1] Legionovia finished that season as the winner of the Polish Third Division, thus ensuring the promotion to the I liga.
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[2] 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 2-5 mach against Ruch Chorzów.[3]
On 2 July 2015 Romanczuk made his European debut in a 1-0 win against FK Kruoja Pakruojis in the UEFA Europa League.[4] In the summer of 2016, Turkish side Konyaspor had a bid rejected for the player. He became vice-captain to the Captain Rafał Grzyb.[5]
During the 2016–17 Ekstraklasa season, Romanczuk impressed helping Jagiellonia Białystok to a runners up finish for the first time in their history in the Ekstraklasa, 2 points behind the winners Legia Warsaw.[6] and at the beginning of January 2017 he was honoured with the award of the best defensive midfielder of Ekstraklasa in 2016.[7] During the 2017–18 Ekstraklasa, he helped reach Jagiellonia Białystok to a 2nd-place finish for the second season running, after finishing 3 points behind to Champions Legia Warsaw.[8]
Romanczuk received Polish citizenship on 15 March 2018 making him eligible for the Polish national team.[9] 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.[10]
In May 2018, he was a surprise omission from the initial 35 man preliminary Poland squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11]
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.[9]
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Legionovia Legionowo | 2012–13 | III liga | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | II liga | 32 | 2 | — | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 45 | 3 | — | — | — | 45 | 3 | |||||
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2014–15 | Ekstraklasa | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 5 | |||
| 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 38 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 42 | 5 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| Total | 249 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 31 | ||
| Career total | 294 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 34 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | |||
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
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