polish football player

Mateusz Andrzej Klich ( polish pronunciation : [ maˈtɛ.uʂ ˈklix ] ; born 13 June 1990 ) is a polish professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League baseball club Leeds United and the Poland national team .

Club career [edit ]

Cracovia [edit ]

Born in Tarnów, Klich debuted in the Ekstraklasa in November 2008. During the 2009–10 season, he gradually became a even in Cracovia ‘s starting eleven.

Wolfsburg [edit ]

On 14 June 2011, he signed with Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg on a three-year deal. Wolfsburg paid €1.5 million for Klich, making him the most valuable player in Cracovia ‘s club history. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

PEC Zwolle [edit ]

Klich was sent on loan to Dutch cabaret PEC Zwolle for half a season before making the transfer permanent wave for a fee reported as €200,000, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] with Wolfsburg securing a redemption option. [ 6 ] During his meter at Zwolle he won the 2013–14 KNVB Cup on 20 April 2014 beating Ajax 5–1 in the final examination which besides saw the side obtain Europa League qualification. [ 7 ]

return to Wolfsburg [edit ]

In June 2014 Wolfsburg exercised their redemption option for Klich. [ 8 ] During the subsequent foremost half of the season however, he did not play in the Bundesliga, after struggling to displace unconstipated starters Kevin De Bruyne, Josuha Guilavogui and Luiz Gustavo in the center midfield positions and was used only in the reserve team .

1. FC Kaiserslautern [edit ]

In early January 2015, Klich joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, with him signing a contract until summer 2018. The transfer fee was undisclosed. [ 9 ]

FC Twente [edit ]

On 26 August 2016, he joined Eredivisie side FC Twente on a three-year condense. [ 10 ] He was given police squad number 43 and made his debut for Twente on 10 September 2016 against SC Heerenveen. He scored his first goal for the club on 2 October 2016, in a 1–1 pull against Heracles Almelo. [ 11 ] In his first temper at the club, he scored six goals and made four assists to help FC Twente to a seventh-place ending in the Eredivisie. [ 12 ]

Leeds United [edit ]

After an initial wish was rejected, [ 13 ] on 23 June 2017, Klich signed a three-year distribute with English club Leeds United for an undisclosed tip. [ 14 ] On 9 August, he made his first-team debut in a 4–1 League Cup victory against Port Vale, [ 15 ] and his League debut 10 days late in a 2–0 winnings against Sunderland. [ 16 ] however, he found himself behind Kalvin Phillips, Eunan O’Kane and Ronaldo Vieira in the peck orderliness. His first and only League get down for the season came on 26 September 2017, in the defeat against Cardiff City with Klich slipping and losing possession leading to a goal from Kenneth Zohore. [ 17 ] Klich revealed that he felt his unfortunate mooring led to him being dropped by the then coach Thomas Christiansen. [ 18 ] After October he was used very sparsely. [ 19 ] On 22 January 2018, Klich joined Dutch golf club FC Utrecht on a six-month loanword from Leeds United until the end of the 2017–18 season. [ 20 ]

FC Utrecht loan [edit ]

On 22 January 2018, Klich was sent on loanword at FC Utrecht until the conclusion of the season. [ 20 ] On 4 February 2018, Klich made his introduction in a 2–2 withdraw against Excelsior. [ 21 ] He quickly re-found his kind at Utrecht, he gained an assist against Roda JC on 18 February in a 4–1 victory. [ 21 ] On 29 April 2018, in Utrecht ‘s 2–2 draw against Heracles Almelo, Klich according to Opta Stats created 11 chances and gained an aid and man of the match award in the match ; the luck creation by Klich was the highest count of chances created in a unmarried Eredivisie match since Christian Eriksen for Ajax in 2012 against Roda JC. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] On 6 May 2018, on the final day of the season, Klich scored the winner for Utrecht ( his first goal for the club ) in a 1–0 victory against VVV-Venlo. Klich impressed for Utrecht during the loan while and helped them finish 5th and into the Eredivisie Europa League playoffs. When asked if he would return to Leeds he said he ‘was 99 % surely as he had unfinished business ‘. [ 24 ]

reappearance to Leeds [edit ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

After returning to Leeds for the depart of pre-season under new Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa, [ 25 ] Klich made his first base appearance back at Leeds in the pre-season friendly 1–1 pull against York City on 20 July 2018, where he played in a modern centre-back function before reverting to a deep-lying playmaker put in the irregular half. [ 26 ] He scored his first gear league goal for Leeds in the opening crippled of the 2018–19 season on 5 August 2018 against Stoke City at Elland Road in a 3–1 winnings, his beginning competitive game for the club in about seven months. [ 27 ] The surveil workweek he scored his moment finish for the club in a 4–1 succeed against Derby County on 11 August 2018 [ 28 ] [ 29 ] and, after scoring against Norwich City on 25 August, his third base finish in five games, Klich was named in the Poland police squad again for the first gear meter in four years after impressing for Leeds at the begin of the 2018–19 season. [ 30 ] On 28 April, Klich scored a ‘controversial finish ‘ ( his ninth of the season ). The goal came in a pit against Aston Villa during a 1–1 draw, when Jonathan Kodjia remained on the ground with an injury. Teammate Tyler Roberts passed the musket ball to Klich who took it up the leave wing and put the musket ball into the far corner past Jed Steer. The goal – the first of the game – sparked chaos, with Villa ‘s Conor Hourihane, Ahmed Elmohamady, Neil Taylor and Leeds ‘ Patrick Bamford caught up in a affray with Klich at its center, which involved several extra players from both sides and was finally broken up by referee Stuart Attwell, Elland Road stewards and other players. In the immediate consequence, Attwell sent off the peripherally imply Anwar El Ghazi with a square crimson calling card ( subsequently rescinded by The FA [ 31 ] ) and head coach Marcelo Bielsa ‘s reception to his players was, in the interests of fairness and after consulting with Villa boss Dean Smith, [ 32 ] that his team should allow an undisputed counterweight to be scored. From the resume, Albert Adomah basically walked the ball into final unchallenged by 10 Leeds players, with only Pontus Jansson giving chase and closely dispossessing the forth. [ 32 ] On 28 April, he won both the Leeds United Goal of the Season award at the club ‘s annual ceremony for his goal against Sheffield Wednesday. [ 33 ] On 5 May 2019, Klich scored his tenth goal of the season in a 3–2 get the better of against Ipswich Town. [ 34 ] During the 2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season, Klich played 50 games in all competitions, scoring 10 goals and nine assists, [ 35 ] being the clubhouse ‘s entirely ever-present actor for the League temper, after Leeds finished the regular season in third place after dropping out of the automatic promotion places with three games left after a get the better of to 10 serviceman Wigan Athletic on 19 April. [ 36 ] Leeds qualified for the playoffs, including Klich starting the playoff fixtures against sixth-placed Derby County, despite Leeds taking a 1–0 winnings at Pride Park into the home leg at Elland Road, Leeds lost 4–2 in an meet that saw Dallas score a stimulate in the second leg, with Leeds down to 10 men after the loss batting order of Gaetano Berardi, [ 37 ] and saw Derby advancement to the final against Aston Villa. [ 37 ]

2019–20 season

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Klich scored his first goal of the 2019–20 season on 13 August in the EFL Cup against Salford City to help earn a 3–0 victory. [ 38 ] He scored his moment finish of the temper in Leeds 2–0 gain against Barnsley on 15 September 2019. [ 39 ] On 9 November 2019, Klich signed a fresh four-and-a-half-year contract with Leeds. Until the penultimate bet on of the season on 19 July 2020, he had started every league game – 92 games [ 40 ] – since Marcelo Bielsa became coach in 2018 and his previous three-year deal with Leeds was due to expire in the summer of 2020. [ 41 ] On 30 November, Klich scored two goals in a 4–0 victory against Middlesbrough. This took Leeds to the top of the Championship, and sealed their five-game victorious streak. [ 42 ] On 19 December, Klich won the EFL Championship Goal of the Month for November for his long range hit against Middlesbrough. [ 43 ] After the English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, the temper was resumed during June, where Klich earned promotion with Leeds to the Premier League and besides become the EFL Championship Champions for the 2019–20 season in July after the successful resumption of the season. [ 44 ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

Klich made his Premier League introduction in the beginning match of the temper against Liverpool on 12 September 2020, scoring his side ‘s third base goal in an enthralling 4–3 get the better of to the reigning champions. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] He scored again and provided an help in Leeds ‘ second game of the season, a 4–3 win at base against fellow newly promoted side Fulham. [ 47 ] He continued his impressive form with an help in Leeds ‘ 3–0 win away at Aston Villa, and scored a punishment in a 2–1 kill to West Ham United. [ 48 ]

International career [edit ]

Klich made his debut for the national team of Poland on 5 June 2011 in a friendly match against Argentina. Poland won the match 2–1. [ 49 ] He scored his first goal in national team in the friendly game against Denmark on 14 August 2013. On 27 August 2018, Klich was named in Poland team by coach Jerzy Brzęczek for matches with Italy and Republic of Ireland after a four-year absence from the Poland national side, with Klich impressing for Leeds after scoring 3 goals and 1 help in the first 5 games of the 2018–19 season. [ 30 ] On 7 September, Klich started for Poland in their UEFA Nations League 1–1 draw against Italy, with Klich having an participation in the opening goal for Piotr Zieliński. [ 50 ] On 11 September, he came off the bench in a friendly against Republic of Ireland to score an 87th-minute equalizer, his second national team goal to date. [ 51 ]

personal life [edit ]

His father is Wojciech Klich, who was besides a professional football player, playing 84 matches in the Polish first class, and presently works as a young person coach at Cracovia. [ 52 ] His mother Małgorzata is a PE teacher who won a tan decoration at the polish championships for 800m freestyle, whilst his baby Maja is a swimmer as well. [ 52 ] On 6th November 2018, Klich ’ s partner gave parturition to his first child, Laura. [ 53 ] Leeds United ‘s fans terrace song for Klich ’40 Yards or 50 yards ‘ is a rework version of the sung Rotterdam by The Beautiful South. [ 54 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 2 October 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 12 October 2021[63]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland 2011 1 0
2013 5 1
2014 4 0
2018 5 1
2019 8 0
2020 7 0
2021 6 0
Total 36 2

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Poland’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Klich goal.[63]

Honours [edit ]

PEC Zwolle
Leeds United
Individual

  • Leeds United Goal of the Season: 2018–19[33]

References [edit ]