Bartosz Kapustka (born 23 December 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bartosz Kapustka[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Tarnów, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Legia Warsaw | ||
| Number | 67 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2010 | Tarnovia Tarnów | ||
| 2010–2011 | Hutnik Kraków | ||
| 2011–2012 | Tarnovia Tarnów | ||
| 2012–2014 | Cracovia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Cracovia | 60 | (6) |
| 2016–2020 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → SC Freiburg II (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → SC Freiburg (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → OH Leuven (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2020– | Legia Warsaw | 33 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | Poland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Poland U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Poland U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2015 | Poland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Poland U21 | 16 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Poland | 14 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:18, 14 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:30, 6 September 2021 (UTC) | |||
In October 2012, he started his career after being promoted to KS Cracovia first team squad.[2]
Kapustka was signed by Premier League club Leicester City for a reported £7.5m in August 2016, signing a five-year contract.[3] He cited manager Claudio Ranieri as his motivation for joining the club.[4] Ranieri admitted he was unsure when Kapustka "will be ready to play in the Premier League".[5] Having already played for the Leicester Under-23s, a loan move was not possible due to FIFA rules prohibiting a player from appearing for three clubs in one season.[6]
Kapustka finally made his senior debut for Leicester in a 2–1 FA Cup third-round win at Everton on 7 January 2017, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Marc Albrighton.[7] He made his full debut in a 3–1 FA Cup fourth-round replay win over Derby County on 8 February 2017,[8] playing in a central attacking role behind striker Ahmed Musa.[9] Kapustka made 47 touches and two interceptions before he was replaced by Riyad Mahrez in the 81st minute.[8]
On 14 July 2017, Kapustka joined Bundesliga club SC Freiburg on loan for 2017–18 season. The Breisgau-based side secured an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season for a transfer fee of €5 million.[10]
On 31 August 2018, Kapustka joined Belgian First Division B club Oud-Heverlee Leuven on loan for 2018–19 season.[11]
On 13 August 2020, Kapustka joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw on a two-year contract.
On 7 September 2015, Kapustka made his debut appearance for the Poland national team in a match against Gibraltar, substituting Jakub Błaszczykowski. He scored his first goal for the national team on his debut.[12] In the buildup to the Euro 2016, Kapustka was involved in a brawl outside a night club, in which he sustained an injury. Following the incident, he made a phone call personally to Polish national team manager Adam Nawałka, to ask for his forgiveness and ask that he not be excluded from the squad for the upcoming tournament.[13] Kapustka was eventually selected for Poland's Euro 2016 campaign, and produced a standout performance in the team's opening match victory over Northern Ireland.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cracovia | 2013–14 | Ekstraklasa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 3 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 35 | 5 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 6 | 5 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 65 | 8 | |||
| Leicester City | 2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| SC Freiburg (loan) | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| SC Freiburg II (loan) | 2017–18 | Regionalliga Südwest | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 69 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 9 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 7 September 2015 | Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland | 8–0 | 8–1 | Euro 2016 qualifying | |
| 2 | 13 November 2015 | Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland | 2–1 | 4–2 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 4 September 2016 | Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2018 World Cup qualifying |
Legia Warsaw
Individual
Legia Warsaw – current squad | |
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Poland squad – UEFA Euro 2016 | ||
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Polish Newcomer of the Year | |
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