Łukasz Teodorczyk

{{Short description|Polish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Łukasz Teodorczyk

| image = Łukasz Teodorczyk, Mecz towarzyski, Polska - KPS (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Teodorczyk with Poland in 2018 during training

| fullname = Łukasz Teodorczyk{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland |publisher=FIFA |page=22 |date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206135930/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=6 December 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|6|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Żuromin, Poland

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2010

| youthclubs1 = Wkra Żuromin

| youthyears2 = 2010

| youthclubs2 = Polonia Warsaw

| years1 = 2010–2013

| clubs1 = Polonia Warsaw

| caps1 = 30

| goals1 = 10

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = Lech Poznań

| caps2 = 50

| goals2 = 24

| years3 = 2013

| clubs3 = Lech Poznań II

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2014–2017

| clubs4 = Dynamo Kyiv

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2016–2017

| clubs5 = → Anderlecht (loan)

| caps5 = 28

| goals5 = 20

| years6 = 2017–2018

| clubs6 = Anderlecht

| caps6 = 43

| goals6 = 17

| years7 = 2018–2021

| clubs7 = Udinese

| caps7 = 30

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2020–2021

| clubs8 = → Charleroi (loan)

| caps8 = 15

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2022

| clubs9 = Vicenza

| caps9 = 14

| goals9 = 1

| totalcaps = 235

| totalgoals = 84

| nationalyears1 = 2010

| nationalteam1 = Poland U20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2011–2012

| nationalteam2 = Poland U21

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2012–2018

| nationalteam3 = Poland

| nationalcaps3 = 19

| nationalgoals3 = 4

| club-update =

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Łukasz Teodorczyk ({{IPA|pl|ˈwukaʂ tɛɔˈdɔrt͡ʂɨk|-|Pl-Łukasz Teodorczyk.ogg}}; born 3 June 1991) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

=Early career=

Having joined Polonia Warsaw in January 2010,{{cite web | url = http://www.ksppolonia.pl/web/aktualnosc,1550-lukasz_teodorczyk:_polonia_byla_naj....html | title = Łukasz Teodorczyk: Polonia była najkonkretniejsza | language = Polish |trans-title=Polonia made the most concrete offer | work = ksppolonia.pl | date = 7 January 2010 }} Teodorczyk made his Ekstraklasa debut on 29 October 2010. During the 2010–11 season, his first at Polonia, he featured in six outings for the senior team, and appeared in 21 games in the Młoda Ekstraklasa youth league, scoring 15 goals.

=Lech Poznań=

Before leaving Lech Poznań in August 2014, Teodorczyk had played four games and scored three goals, which qualified him for a medal when Lech won the Ekstraklasa in May 2015.

=Dynamo Kyiv=

{{BLP unreferenced section|date=August 2016}}

File:Łukasz Teodorczyk2016 (cropped).jpg in 2016]]

On 27 August 2014, Teodorczyk signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv who reportedly paid €4 million for the transfer. He made his debut for Dynamo on 30 August 2014 in a 2–0 win against Chornomorets Odesa coming on as a substitute on the 85th minute. About 15 seconds after he came on he made an assist for 2–0. On 13 September 2014, he scored his first goal for Dynamo in a 2–2 draw against Zorya Luhansk. In his first season with Dynamo he won the first league of his career, helping his team win the double of Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukrainian Cup. In the league he scored 5 goals in 13 appearances. He missed out on the cup final having sustained an injury during the semi-final match against Olimpik Donetsk which kept him out for 2 months. On international level, he reached the quarter finals of the Europa League with Dynamo where the club was knocked out by Fiorentina 1–3 on aggregate. In the 6 matches he played in the Europa League he scored 3 goals against the likes of Steaua București, EA Guingamp and Everton.

On 24 November 2015, Teodorczyk made his UEFA Champions League debut on matchday 5 of the group stage in a 2–0 away win against Portuguese club FC Porto, coming on as a substitute on the 87th minute. While he remained goalless in the competition, Dynamo reached the last sixteen of the UEFA Champions League that season before being eliminated by Manchester City 1–3 on aggregate. In the league he scored 5 goals in 11 matches in the 2015–16 season.{{cite news|title=Lukasz Teodorczyk moet Anderlecht-aanval versterken|trans-title=Lukasz Teodorczyk said to reinforce Anderlecht|url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/1.2729310|access-date=12 August 2016|work=Sporza|date=4 August 2016|language=Dutch}}

==Anderlecht (loan)==

On 4 August 2016, Teodorczyk was loaned out to Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht for the season. He made his debut for Anderlecht on 7 August 2016 in a 5–0 win against Kortrijk and scored his first goal for the club that same day.{{citation|title=Anderlecht vs. Kortrijk 5 - 1|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/07/belgium/pro-league/royal-sporting-club-anderlecht/kv-kortrijk/2239206/|access-date= 1 December 2016}}

=Anderlecht=

On 30 March 2017, Teodorczyk signed a permanent contract with Anderlecht until 2020. Anderlecht paid a previously-agreed €4.5 million transfer fee to Dynamo Kyiv.{{cite news|last1=Minnebo|first1=Olivier|title=Anderlecht licht optie op Teodorczyk, die tekent tot 2020|url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1284/Anderlecht/article/detail/3118290/2017/03/30/Anderlecht-licht-optie-op-Teodorczyk-die-tekent-tot-2020.dhtml|access-date=30 March 2017|work=Het Laatste Nieuws|date=30 March 2017|language=Dutch}} He won the top scorer for the season 2016–17 Belgian First Division A with 22 goals.

=Udinese=

On 17 August 2018, Teodorczyk signed a permanent contract with Udinese. On 29 December 2021, after making no appearances during the 2021–22 season, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web |title=Nota ufficiale: Teodorczyk |url=https://www.udinese.it/news/squadra/nota-ufficiale-teodorczyk |publisher=Udinese |page=it |date=29 December 2021}}

==Loan to Charleroi==

On 5 October 2020, he joined Belgian club Charleroi on loan.{{cite web|publisher=Charleroi|url=https://www.sporting-charleroi.be/news/bienvenue-lukasz/|title=BIENVENUE, LUKASZ !|date=5 October 2020|language=fr}}

=Vicenza=

On 4 January 2022, he signed with Italian Serie B club Vicenza until the end of the 2021–22 season, with an option to extend.{{cite web|publisher=Vicenza|url=https://www.lrvicenza.net/ufficiale-lukasz-teodorczyk-in-biancorosso/|title=Ufficiale: Lukasz Teodorczyk in biancorosso!|date=4 January 2022|access-date=4 January 2022|language=it}} He left the team following the season's conclusion.

=Retirement=

On 19 November 2022, Teodorczyk announced his retirement from football on Instagram.{{cite web |title=Łukasz Teodorczyk zakończył karierę |url=https://weszlo.com/2022/11/19/lukasz-teodorczyk-koniec-kariery |website=Weszlo.com |language=pl |date=19 November 2022}}

International career

After playing for the Poland national under-20 football team,{{cite web | url = http://www.ksppolonia.pl/web/aktualnosc,3896-u_20:_dwa_gole_lukasza_teodorczyka.html | title = U-20: Dwa gole Łukasza Teodorczyka | language = Polish |trans-title=U-20: Teodorczyk scores two goals | work = ksppolonia.pl | date = 17 November 2010 }} Teodorczyk went on to feature for the U21 team and scored two goals in Poland's first qualification game for the European U21 Football Championship. He scored his first goals for the senior team on 2 February 2013, netting a brace in a 4–1 friendly win against Romania.

In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb|title=Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists|website=Goal.com|access-date=15 December 2021}}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{90minut|16488}}{{Soccerway|ukasz-teodorczyk/157470}}

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Polish Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia}}

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Polonia Warsaw

|2010–11

|Ekstraklasa

|6

011colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—71
2011–12

|Ekstraklasa

|11

400colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—114
2012–13

|Ekstraklasa

|13

610colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—146
colspan="2"| Total

!30

1021colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—3211
rowspan="4"|Lech Poznań

|2012–13

|Ekstraklasa

|14

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—141
2013–14

|Ekstraklasa

|32

20214{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}}3colspan="2"|—3824
2014–15

|Ekstraklasa

|4

3002{{efn|name=UEL}}0colspan="2"|—63
colspan="2"| Total

!50

242163colspan="2"|—5828
Lech Poznań II

|2013–14

|III liga, group C

|1

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—11
rowspan="3"|Dynamo Kyiv

|2014–15

|Ukrainian Premier League

|13

5526{{efn|name=UEL}}3colspan="2"|—2410
2015–16

|Ukrainian Premier League

|11

5314{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}}0colspan="2"|—186
colspan="2"| Total

!24

1083103colspan="2"|—4216
rowspan=3|Anderlecht

|2016–17

|Belgian First Division A

|38

222113{{efn|name=UEL}}7colspan="2"|—5330
2017–18

|Belgian First Division A

|33

15006{{efn|name=UCL}}01{{efn|name=BSC|Appearance in Belgian Super Cup}}04015
colspan="2"| Total

!71

3721197109345
rowspan=3|Udinese

|2018–19

|Serie A

|16

100colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—161
2019–20

|Serie A

|14

020colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—160
colspan="2"| Total

!30

120colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—321
Charleroi (loan)

|2020–21

|Belgian First Division A

|15

021colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—171
Vicenza

|2021–22

|Serie B

|14

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00141
colspan="3"| Career total

!235

84187351310289104

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{NFT player|id=51900|name=Łukasz Teodorczyk|accessdate=13 April 2025}}

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="6"|Poland
201343
201430
201641
201730
201850
colspan="2"|Total||19||4

:Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Teodorczyk goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Łukasz Teodorczyk

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

style="text-align:center"| 1rowspan=2 | 2 February 2013rowspan=2 | Estadio Ciudad, Málaga, Spainrowspan=2 | {{fb|ROU}}{{center|2–0}}rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 4–1rowspan=2 | Friendly (not recognized by FIFA)
style="text-align:center"| 2{{center|3–0}}
style="text-align:center"| 326 March 2013National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland{{fb|SMR}}{{center|4–0}}{{center|5–0}}2014 World Cup qualifier
style="text-align:center"| 414 November 2016Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland{{fb|SVN}}{{center|1–1}}{{center|1–1}}Friendly

Honours

;Lech Poznań

;Dynamo Kyiv

;Anderlecht

;Individual

  • Młoda Ekstraklasa Player of the Season: 2010–11{{cite web|url=https://sportowetempo.pl/pn_ekstraklasa/artykul/22944_Gala_Ekstraklasy_zakonczyla_sezon_20102011|title=Gala Ekstraklasy zakończyła sezon 2010/2011|website=sportowetempo.pl|language=pl|date=31 May 2011|access-date=10 July 2024}}
  • Młoda Ekstraklasa top scorer: 2010–11{{cite web |title=Młoda Ekstraklasa 2010/2011 - Strzelcy |url=http://www.90minut.pl/strzelcy.php?id=5045 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=10 July 2024 |language=pl}}
  • Belgian First Division A top goalscorer: 2016–17{{Cite web | url=https://nationaldailyng.com/onyekuru-scores-20-league-goals-in-belgium-eye-top-scorer-award/ | title=Onyekuru scored 20 League goals in Belgium, eye top scorer award | National Daily Newspaper| date=19 May 2017}}

References

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