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Yan Klukowski (born 1 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hereford.

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Yan Klukowski

Klukowski with York City in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Yan Klukowski[1]
Date of birth	(1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth	Chippenham, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hereford
Youth career
	Chippenham Town
0000–2003	Bath City
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Central Connecticut[4]	71[5][6][7][8]	(24)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Bath City	14	(0)
2005	Chippenham Town	7	(0)
2006–2007	Chippenham Town	5	(0)
2007	Ottawa Fury	16	(1)
2008	Cape Cod Crusaders	14	(5)
2009	Western Mass Pioneers	12	(1)
2009	Chippenham Town	2	(0)
2010	Larkhall Athletic	8	(6)
2010–2014	Forest Green Rovers	159	(48)
2014–2016	Newport County	66	(5)
2016–2017	York City	25	(3)
2017–2018	Torquay United	7	(0)
2017	→ Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	4	(0)
2018–2019	Chippenham Town	4	(0)
2019–2020	Hungerford Town	10	(1)
2020–	Hereford	26	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:06, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Youth and College

Born and raised in Chippenham, Wiltshire,[9] Klukowski was educated at Sheldon School.[10] His football education began at local club Chippenham Town before moving to Bath City.[11] At 18 years of age, he broke into the first team at Bath.^{[citation needed]} Klukowski turned down a new contract with Bath in July 2005 to sign a four-year scholarship with Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in New Britain, Connecticut, United States.[12][13] He had a brief stint with Chippenham Town at the start of the 2005–06 season before starting his scholarship.[14]

At CCSU, Klukowski was the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year, playing for the All Conference first team.^{[citation needed]} He was named to the All-NEC first team and received second team NSCAA All-North Atlantic Region honors as a sophomore in 2006.^{[citation needed]} From December 2006 to January 2007, Klukowski played with Chippenham Town, while on holiday from the United States.[15] In 2007, he led the NEC in assists and was named to the All-NEC second team and the NSCAA All-North Atlantic Region first team.^{[citation needed]}

During his college years, Klukowski also played with Ottawa Fury[16] and the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League.[17]

Professional

Klukowski turned professional in 2009 and joined the Western Mass Pioneers of the USL Second Division, where he played 12 times, scoring once in a 2–1 win over Wilmington Hammerheads.[18] He was the joint seventh highest assist provider in the 2009 USL Second Division, with five.[19]

Following the conclusion of the season, Klukowski returned to England in an attempt to find a professional club to play for during 2009–10 and beyond.^{[citation needed]} His first trial was provided by Carlisle United who were originally impressed and extended his trial period before deciding against offering him a contract.[20][21] Klukowski then went on trial with Swindon Town,[22] but was not offered a contract.^{[citation needed]} In August 2009, Klukowski rejoined Chippenham Town.^{[citation needed]} He later joined Larkhall Athletic until the end of 2009–10,[23] scoring six goals from eight league appearances.[14] In June 2010, he returned to Bath City on trial in an attempt to earn a contract following their promotion into the Conference Premier.[24]

In July 2010, he went on trial with Forest Green Rovers, before joining the Conference Premier club on 13 August.[25] He scored his first goal for the club in August 2010 in only his second appearance against Wrexham.[26] On 21 January 2011, he was awarded a new contract until the end of 2011–12 by Forest Green, after a number of impressive appearances.[27] After suffering an injury in the latter months of 2010–11, Klukowski was required to have surgery and returned to first-team action at the start of 2011–12.^{[citation needed]} He scored his first goal of the season in a 6–1 away win over Alfreton Town on 20 August 2011, after converting James Rowe's cross.[28][29] On 31 March 2012, in a home match against Barrow, Klukowski scored his first hat-trick for Forest Green.[30] Klukowski ended 2011–12 as Forest Green's top scorer with 18 goals from 45 appearances.[28]

On 12 June 2012, Klukowski signed a contract extension at Forest Green, keeping him at the club until 2014.[31] On 15 April 2014, two goals in a 2–1 away win over Macclesfield Town saw him overtake Alex Meechan as Forest Green's all-time leading Conference Premier goal scorer, a record that has since been beaten, with a total of 48 league goals for the club.[32][33] On 28 April 2014, it was revealed that he had turned down the offer of a new contract with Forest Green in the hope he could earn a deal with a Football League club.[34]

On 20 May 2014, Klukowski joined League Two club Newport County on a two-year contract.[35] He made his debut for Newport on the opening day of 2014–15 against Wycombe Wanderers on 9 August 2014 as a second-half substitute.[36] His first goal for Newport came in a 2–1 home defeat against Swindon Town on 23 September 2014 in the first round of the Football League Trophy, with a tap-in from Aaron O'Connor's pass.[36][37] He was released by Newport on 10 May 2016 at the end of his contract.[38]

On 28 June 2016, Klukowski joined newly relegated National League club York City on a two-year contract.[39] On 21 May 2017, he started as York beat Macclesfield Town 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in the 2017 FA Trophy Final.[40]

On 29 June 2017, Klukowski signed for National League club Torquay United on a contract of undisclosed length,[41] having been allowed to leave York despite having a year left on his contract.[42] He joined National League North club Kidderminster Harriers on 17 November 2017 on a one-month loan.[43]

He was released by Torquay at the end of the 2017–18 season.[44]

On 22 May 2018, Klukowski signed for National League South side Chippenham Town,[45]

Klukowski left the Bluebirds on 17 September 2019.[46] On 27 September, he then joined Hungerford Town.[47]15 July 2020 Klukowski signed for Hereford FC. [48]

International career

Klukowski scored with a 35-yard shot on his debut for England schools, in a 3–0 away win over Scotland on 25 February 2005.[49] He represented Great Britain at World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand in 2006.^{[citation needed]} He was also selected to represent the Great Britain university football team at the 2007 Summer Universiade.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Klukowski is of Polish descent, through his grandfather.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 December 2017

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bath City	2003–04[14]	Southern League Premier Division	5	0			—				5	0
	2004–05[14]	Southern League Premier Division	9	0			—				9	0
	Total		14	0			—				14	0
Chippenham Town	2005–06[14]	Southern League Premier Division	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	2006–07[50]	Southern League Premier Division	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		12	0	—		—		—		12	0
Ottawa Fury	2007[14]	USL Premier Development League	16	1	—		—		—		16	1
Cape Cod Crusaders	2008[14]	USL Premier Development League	14	5	—		—		—		14	5
Western Mass Pioneers	2009[18][51]	USL Second Division	12	1	2	0	—		—		14	1
Chippenham Town	2009–10[14]	Southern League Premier Division	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Larkhall Athletic	2009–10[14]	Western League Premier Division	8	6	—		—		—		8	6
Forest Green Rovers	2010–11[52]	Conference Premier	37	7	2	0	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	1	40	8
	2011–12[28]	Conference Premier	46	18	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	49	18
	2012–13[18]	Conference Premier	40	11	3	2	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	45	13
	2013–14[18]	Conference Premier	36	12	1	0	—		3[lower-alpha 2]	1	40	13
	Total		159	48	7	2	—		8	2	174	52
Newport County	2014–15[36]	League Two	38	4	1	1	1	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	1	41	6
	2015–16[53]	League Two	28	1	2	1	1	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	32	2
	Total		66	5	3	2	2	0	2	1	73	8
York City	2016–17[18]	National League	25	3	2	0	—		5[lower-alpha 2]	0	32	3
Torquay United	2017–18[18]	National League	7	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
Kidderminster Harriers (loan)	2017–18[18][54]	National League North	4	0	—		—		0	0	4	0
Career total			339	69	14	4	2	0	15	3	370	76

Honours

York City

• FA Trophy: 2016–17[40]

References

External links

• Yan Klukowski profile at the Torquay United F.C. website
• Yan Klukowski profile at the Kidderminster Harriers F.C. website
• Yan Klukowski at Soccerbase

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