6 Polish soccer stars who won before Lewandowski

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

The great striker stands out in the Bundesliga and Bayern Munich threw him nets and signed him in the summer of 2014.

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

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

1

Grzegorz LATO

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 the top scorer at the 1974 World Cup. A good and very fast winger, he is capable of running 100 meters in 10.2 seconds. He has played most of his career at Stal Mielec in his home country and has played in recent years at Poland’s Hamilton in Canada.

Zbigniew Boniek

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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 at 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 Serie A and Recopa in 1984 and the European Cup in 1985. In 1985 he moved to Rome, where he retired in 1988. He also won the Bronze Ball, after Paolo Rossi and Alain Giresse, in 1982.

Jan Urban

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, where he was the great offensive reference for the Pamplona team (58 goals) and he was remembered for his excellent performance at the Santiago Bernabéu on December 30, 1990. with a victory over Navarrese by a clear 0-4. He also played for Valladolid and Toledo before returning to his country in 1998 (Gornik Zabrze) to retire.

Roman Kosecki

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Roman KOSECKI

1982-1999

This short (1.72) but very fast and efficient striker came to the Spanish League in 1992 at the hands of Osasuna, where he spent a season forming the 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 return against Barça (from 0-3 to 4-3). who scored two goals and assisted Caminero in the fourth.

kowalczyk

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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 Polish team that played in 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.

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Jerzy DUDEK

1995-2011

Undoubtedly, the best goalkeeper in Polish history, he signed for Feyenoord at a young age, but he is remembered for his playing for Liverpool (2001-2007), where he won the Champions League and European Super Cup in 2005, as well as the Football League Cup, FA Cup and Community Shield. Later, he signed for Real Madrid (2007-2011), where he was able to win the League, Spanish Super Cup and Copa del Rey.

Source: La Verdad

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