6 Polish soccer stars who triumphed before Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski He is, without a doubt, the most talented Polish crack of the moment. Until now, the Bayern Munich player made the leap to the Bundesliga in 2010 after being transferred for 4.5 million euros from the Polish Lech Poznan to the German Borussia Dortmund.

The skilled striker stood out in the Bundesliga and Bayern Munich threw the nets on him and signed him in the summer of 2014.

Now Lewandowski He has expressed his willingness to close his cycle in Munich and Barcelona seems very interested in taking over his services.

But before Lewandoski, Polish football had offered good players who were successful in Europe. We remember some of them:

1

Grzegorz SUMMER

1966-1991

The first great star of Polish football and, for some, the best player in its history, he reached his peak in 1974, when he won the Golden Shoe after becoming top scorer in the 1974 World Cup. A skilful and very fast winger, he was capable of run the 100 meters in 10.2 seconds. He played practically his entire career at Stal Mielec in his country and played the last few years at Poland Hamilton in Canada.

2

Zbigniew BONIEK

1973-1988

Until the arrival of Lewandowski, he was considered, along with Lato, the best Polish player in history. After signing a brilliant performance in the World Cup in Spain in 1982 (he scored 4 goals) he signed for Juventus, where he formed a great duo with Michel Platini. In Turin he won the Serie A and the Recopa in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985. In 1985 he was transferred to Roma, where he would retire in 1988. He also won the Bronze Ball, after Paolo Rossi and Alain Giresse, in 1982 .

3

Jan URBAN

1981-1998

The first great Polish player to reach the Spanish League, when he signed for Osasuna in 1989. He spent five seasons there, in which he was the great offensive reference for the Pamplona team (58 goals) and he is remembered for his great performance at Santiago Bernabéu on December 30, 1990. with a Navarrese victory by a clear 0-4. He also played for Valladolid and Toledo before returning to his country in 1998 (Gornik Zabrze) to retire.

4

Roman KOSECKI

1982-1999

This short (1.72) but very fast and skillful striker arrived in the Spanish League in 1992 at the hands of Osasuna, where he spent a season forming a Polish duo with Jan Urban. The following year he signed for Atlético de Madrid (93-95), where he did not perform as expected, but he played a great game in the comeback against Barça (from 0-3 to 4-3) scoring two goals and assisting Caminero in the fourth.

5

Wojciech KOWALCZYK

1990-2019

Another Polish player who came to the League in the early 1990s, Kowalczyk is remembered for being one of the members of the Poland team that played the Olympic final against Spain. of Barcelona’92. Despite the defeat (3-2), Kowalczyk scored the first goal of the match. In 1994 he signed for Real Betis, becoming the second most expensive signing (240M pesetas) in the history of the Betis club, although he only scored 14 goals in the two seasons he played for Benito Villamarín.

6

Jerzy DUDEK

1995-2011

Without a doubt, the best goalkeeper in the history of Poland, he signed for Feyenoord at a very young age, but he is remembered for having played for Liverpool (2001-2007), where he won the Champions League and the European Super Cup in 2005, as well as of a Football League Cup, an FA Cup and a Community Shield. Later, he signed for Real Madrid (2007-2011), where he managed to win a League, a Spanish Super Cup and a Copa del Rey.