Łukasz Teodorczyk


Łukasz Teodorczyk is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Udinese Calcio and the Poland national team.

Club career

Early career

Having joined Polonia Warsaw in January 2010 Teodorczyk made his Ekstraklasa debut on 29 October 2010. During the 2010–2011 season, his first at Polonia, he played 21 games in the Młoda Ekstraklasa youth league scoring 15 goals and also played six games in the senior league.

Lech Poznań

Before leaving Lech Poznań in August 2014 Teodorczyk had played 4 games scoring 3 goals in that season which qualified him for a medal when Lech won the Ekstraklasa in May 2015.

Dynamo Kyiv

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.

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 K.V. Kortrijk and scored his first goal for the club that same day.

Anderlecht

On 30 March 2017, Teodorczyk signed a permanent contract with R.S.C. Anderlecht until 2020. Anderlecht paid a previously-agreed €4.5 million transfer fee to Dynamo Kyiv. 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 Calcio.

International career

After playing for the Poland national under-20 football team, Teodorczyk became a striker for the U-21 team and scored two goals in Poland's first qualification game for the European U-21 Football Championship. He then went on to represent the senior team netting a brace as his first goals vs Romania in early 2013.
In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 February 2013Estadio Ciudad, Málaga, Spain
2–0
4–1
Friendly
2.2 February 2013Estadio Ciudad, Málaga, Spain
3–0
4–1
Friendly
3.26 March 2013National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland
4–0
5–0
2014 World Cup qualifier
4.14 November 2016Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland
1–1
1–1
Friendly

Honours

;Lech Poznań
;Dynamo Kyiv
;Anderlecht
;Individual