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Michał Pazdan (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpazdan] (listen), born 21 September 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Jagiellonia Białystok.

Michał Pazdan

Pazdan with Legia Warsaw in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Michał Pazdan[1]
Date of birth	(1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Jagiellonia Białystok
Number	2
Youth career
2002–2004	Hutnik Kraków
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Hutnik Kraków
2007–2012	Górnik Zabrze	126	(3)
2012–2015	Jagiellonia Białystok	86	(3)
2015–2019	Legia Warsaw	83	(0)
2019–2021	Ankaragücü	60	(2)
2021–	Jagiellonia Białystok	27	(0)
National team‡
2007–2019	Poland	38	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2022

Club career

Pazdan began his football career at Hutnik Kraków. He gradually made his way up the ranks and became part of the main team in the 2003–04 season.

In 2007, he joined Górnik Zabrze. He debuted in the Ekstraklasa on 14 September 2007 with Jagiellonia Białystok against Polonia Bytom. During that season he appeared 19 times for the club, 17 of those as a starter, and helped his team finish in 8th place that season.

On 24 June 2015, Pazdan joined Legia Warsaw.[3]

On 29 January 2019 Pazdan signed two-year deal with Ankaragücü.[4]

International career

Pazdan has earned 35 caps for the Poland national football team. He made his debut on 15 December 2007 in a 1–0 friendly win against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Poland manager, Leo Beenhakker, called him up to participate in the 23-man squad at Euro 2008, however, along with Łukasz Garguła, he was the only player not to have played a single minute.

As of late, Pazdan has only been called up as a reserve for any players that may get injured, he was, however, called up on 21 November 2008 for friendly matches in Antalya, Turkey.[5]

During Euro 2016, Pazdan became a national hero after the game against World Champions, Germany, where he was pronounced as Man of the match and led the team to a draw, which helped Poland to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time in history. His performances also led to reported interest from Premier League clubs.[6] Poland then beat Switzerland on penalties to qualify for the quarter finals; however, Pazdan and the Polish defence conceded their first goal of the tournament to Xherdan Shaqiri.[7]

In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 May 2019[9]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup		Europe		Other1		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Górnik Zabrze	2007–08	Ekstraklasa	19	0	0	0	–		9	0	28	0
	2008–09		29	0	2	0	–		2	0	33	0
	2009–10	I liga	33	2	0	0	–		–		33	2
	2010–11	Ekstraklasa	17	0	0	0	–		–		17	0
	2011–12		28	1	2	0	–		–		30	1
	Total		126	3	4	0	–		11	0	141	3
Jagiellonia Białystok	2012–13	Ekstraklasa	27	1	3	0	–		–		30	1
	2013–14		32	0	5	0	–		–		37	0
	2014–15		27	2	2	0	–		–		29	2
	Total		86	3	10	0	–		–		96	3
Legia Warsaw	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	24	0	4	0	10	0	1	0	39	0
	2016–17		28	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	38	0
	2017–18		29	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	38	0
	2018–19		2	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	7	1
	Total		83	0	9	1	28	0	2	0	122	1
Ankaragücü	2018–19	Süper Lig	11	1	0	0	–		–		11	1
Career Total			306	7	23	1	28	0	13	0	370	8

¹ Including Polish SuperCup and Ekstraklasa Cup.

International

As of 27 March 2021[9]

Poland
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	1	0
2008	4	0
2013	2	0
2014	2	0
2015	5	0
2016	10	0
2017	6	0
2018	5	0
2019	3	0
Total	38	0

Honours

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• Polish Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18

Individual

• FIFA San Miguel Cup Team of the Tournament: 2009[5]
• Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup runner-up[5]
• Olejandro Oleguer Cup: 2010
• Defender of the Year in Ekstraklasa: 2014–15
• Eleventh of Ekstraklasa in the plebiscite of the Polish Footballers' Union: 2016
• Discovery of the 2016 European Championships according to UEFA and France Football
• Player of the year in the Football (Piłka Nożna) Plebiscite: 2016

References

External links

• Michał Pazdan at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Michał Pazdan at Soccerway

На других языках

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- [en] Michał Pazdan

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[es] Michał Pazdan

Michał Pazdan (Cracovia, Polonia, 21 de septiembre de 1987) es un futbolista internacional polaco que juega de defensa en el Jagiellonia Białystok de la Ekstraklasa.

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[fr] Michał Pazdan

Michał Pazdan, né le 21 septembre 1987 à Cracovie, est un footballeur international polonais. Il joue actuellement en première division polonaise, au poste de défenseur, au sein du Jagiellonia Białystok.

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[it] Michał Pazdan

Michał Pazdan (pron. ˈmixaw ˈpazdan; Cracovia, 21 settembre 1987) è un calciatore polacco, difensore dello Jagiellonia.

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[ru] Паздан, Михал

Михал Паздан (польск. Michał Pazdan; 21 сентября 1987, Краков) — польский футболист, защитник польского клуба «Ягеллония» и национальной сборной Польши.

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