Łukasz Szukała


Łukasz Szukała is a Polish professional footballer who, among other, played as a Centre back for the Poland national football team.

Club career

Universitatea Cluj

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

Steaua București

In August 2012, Łukasz signed with Romanian giants Steaua București.
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. In 2014, he was voted as the best foreign footballer in Liga I.

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. The two clubs reached an agreement to release the player before his contract with Steaua ended, thus he joined Al-Ittihad in January 2015.

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.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Honours

Club

;Steaua Bucharest