Łukasz Szukała

Łukasz Szukała (born 26 May 1984) is a Polish professional footballer who, among other, played as a Centre back for the Poland national football team.

Łukasz Szukała

Personal information
Full name	Łukasz Szukała[1]
Date of birth	26 May 1984
Place of birth	Gdańsk, Poland
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1994–1997	TuS Fortuna Saarburg
1997–1998	SV Trassem
1998–2000	Eintracht Trier
2000–2002	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	Metz B	9	(0)
2004–2008	1860 Munich II	51	(4)
2005–2008	1860 Munich	44	(0)
2008–2009	Alemannia Aachen II	1	(0)
2008–2010	Alemannia Aachen	26	(2)
2010–2011	Gloria Bistrița	28	(2)
2011–2012	Universitatea Cluj	29	(0)
2012	Petrolul Ploiești	2	(1)
2012–2015	Steaua București	65	(12)
2015	Al Ittihad	12	(3)
2015–2017	Osmanlıspor	12	(0)
2017–2019	Ankaragücü	6	(0)
National team
2003	Poland U19	3	(0)
2005	Poland U21	3	(9)
2013–2015	Poland	17	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2018

Club career

Universitatea Cluj

In June 2011, Szukała joined Universitatea Cluj on a three-year contract.[2]

Fcsb

In August 2012, Łukasz signed with Romanian giants Fcsb.[3] On 4 November 2012, Szukała scored his first goal for title-chasing Steaua in a 3–1 win against their Bucharest arch-rivals, Dinamo, guaranteeing him a good relationship with the very demanding Steaua fans.[4] In 2014, he was voted as the best foreign footballer in Liga I.[5]

Ittihad FC

On 3 January 2015, he signed a contract with Al-Ittihad, when he entered his final six months of the deal with Steaua.[6] The two clubs reached an agreement to release the player before his contract with Steaua ended, thus he joined Al-Ittihad in January 2015.[7]

International career

Szukała made his first appearance for the Poland national football team against Denmark in 2013.

He scored his first goal for the national side in the 7-0 victory over Gibraltar.

Personal life

Łukasz Szukała is a polyglot who speaks fluent Polish, English, French, German and Romanian.

He also has a German citizenship. His parents emigrated to Germany during his early childhood. He grew up in the region of Trier.[8]

Szukała is married to a beautiful sports news presenter from Romania, Raluca Hogyes, with whom he has a son (b. 2019).[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 January 2019[10][11]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1860 Munich II	2004–05	16	1	0	0	–		–		–		16	1
	2005–06	14	1	0	0	–		–		–		14	1
	2006–07	14	1	0	0	–		–		–		14	1
	2007–08	7	1	0	0	–		–		–		7	1
	Total	51	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	4
1860 Munich	2004–05	18	0	0	0	–		–		–		18	0
	2005–06	15	0	0	0	–		–		–		15	0
	2006–07	2	0	0	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2007–08	9	0	0	0	–		–		–		9	0
	Total	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0
Alemannia Aachen II	2008–09	1	0	0	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Alemannia Aachen	2008–09	18	2	2	0	–		–		–		20	2
	2009–10	8	0	2	1	–		–		–		10	1
	Total	26	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3
Gloria Bistrița	2010–11	28	2	2	0	–		–		–		30	2
	Total	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2
Universitatea Cluj	2011–12	29	0	0	0	–		–		–		29	0
	Total	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
Petrolul Ploiești	2012–13	2	1	0	0	–		0	0	–		2	1
	Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Steaua București	2012–13	20	4	1	0	–		6	0	–		27	4
	2013–14	29	4	4	0	–		12	0	1	1	46	5
	2014–15	16	4	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	28	4
	Total	65	12	5	0	0	0	29	0	2	1	101	13
Ittihad	2014–15	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		13	3
	Total	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	3
Osmanlıspor	2015–16	10	0	0	0	–		–		–		10	0
	2016–17	2	0	3	0	–		–		–		5	0
	2017–18	0	0	0	0	–		–		–		0	0
	Total	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Ankaragücü	2017–18	5	0	1	0	–		–		–		5	0
	2018–19	1	0	0	0	–		–		–		1	0
	Total	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Career total		276	24	16	1	0	0	29	0	2	1	322	26

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2014	Estádio Algarve, Faro	Gibraltar	4–0	7–0	Euro 2016 qualifier

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest

• Romanian League (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Romanian Cup (1): 2014–15
• Romanian Supercup (1): 2013
• Romanian League Cup (1): 2014–15

Individual

• Gazeta Sporturilor Liga I Foreign Player of the Year: 2014[12]

References

1. "Lukasz Szukala" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
2. "Lukasz Szukala, trei sezoane la "U" Cluj" (in Romanian). universitateacluj.ro. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
3. "Steaua l-a luat pe Lukasz Szukala de la Petrolul" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
4. Steaua Bucureşti vs. Dinamo Bucureşti 3-1
5. http://www.tolo.ro/2014/12/22/liga-1-se-invirte-in-jurul-urmasului-lui-copernic/
6. "Sanmartean a semnat cu Al Ittihad. Steaua il pierde si pe Szukala!" (in Romanian). enational.ro. 4 January 2015.
7. "Fotbal: Steaua se desparte de Szukala și Sânmărtean" (in Romanian). Agerpres. 14 January 2015.
8. Lukas Szukala
9. FOTO Fosta prezentatoare Raluca Hogyes și fotbalistul Lukasz Szukala au devenit părinți: „Boris, te iubim dincolo de cuvinte”
10. "Ł. Szukala". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
11. "Lukasz Szukala – MKE Ankaragücü – Liga I: alle Spielerstatistiken, News und alle persönlichen Informationen – kicker". kicker Online (in German). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
12. Superlativele Gazetei Sporturilor pe anul 2014

External links

• Profile at Kicker.de
• Łukasz Szukała at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Łukasz Szukała at National-Football-Teams.com
• Łukasz Szukała at Soccerway