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Michał Pazdan

Pazdan with Legia Warsaw in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Michał Pazdan[1]
Date of birth	(1987-09-21) 21 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Wieczysta Kraków
Number	2
Youth career
2002–2004	Hutnik Kraków
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Hutnik Kraków
2007–2012	Górnik Zabrze	126	(3)
2012–2015	Jagiellonia Białystok	86	(3)
2015–2019	Legia Warsaw	83	(0)
2019–2021	Ankaragücü	60	(2)
2021–2023	Jagiellonia Białystok	41	(1)
2023–	Wieczysta Kraków	26	(2)
International career
2007–2019	Poland	38	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Michał Pazdan (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmixaw ˈpazdan] ^ⓘ, born 21 September 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for II liga club Wieczysta Kraków, which he captains.

Pazdan began his football career at Hutnik Kraków. He gradually made his way up the ranks and became part of the first team squad in the 2003–04 season.

In 2007, Pazdan joined Górnik Zabrze and made his Ekstraklasa debut on 14 September 2007 with Jagiellonia Białystok against Polonia Bytom. During that season, he made 19 appearances for the club, 17 of those as a starter, with the team finishing in eighth place.

On 24 June 2015, Pazdan joined Legia Warsaw.^[3] He later signed a two-year contract with Ankaragücü on 29 January 2019.^[4]

Pazdan earned 35 caps for the Poland national team, making his debut on 15 December 2007 in a 1–0 friendly victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[5] He was later included in the Polish squad for UEFA Euro 2008 but did not play in the tournament.^[6][7]

During Euro 2016, Pazdan became a national hero after the game against World Champions, Germany, where he was pronounced as Man of the match and led the team to a draw, which helped Poland to qualify for the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time in history. His performances also led to reported interest from Premier League clubs.^[8] Poland beat Switzerland on penalties to qualify for the quarter-finals, but the defenders conceded their first goal of the tournament to Xherdan Shaqiri.^[9]

In June 2018, he was named in Poland's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[10]

As of match played 1 June 2024^[11]

As of 27 March 2021^[11]

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
• Polish Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18

Wieczysta Kraków

• III liga, group IV: 2023–24^[12]

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2016^[13]
• Ekstraklasa Defender of the Season: 2014–15^[14]
• Polish Footballers' Union's Ekstraklasa XI: 2016
• FIFA San Miguel Cup Team of the Tournament: 2009^{[citation needed]}
• Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej Sony Cup runner-up^{[citation needed]}

• Michał Pazdan at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Michał Pazdan at Soccerway