Grzegorz Krychowiak

Grzegorz Krychowiak ([ˈɡʐɛɡɔʐ krɨˈxɔvjak] (listen); born 29 January 1990) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Poland national team as a defensive midfielder. Krychowiak can also be deployed as a centre-back.

Grzegorz Krychowiak
Krychowiak playing for Lokomotiv Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Grzegorz Krychowiak[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990[2]
Place of birth Gryfice, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lokomotiv Moscow
Number 7
Youth career
Orzeł Mrzeżyno
Żaki 94 Kołobrzeg
2004 Stal Szczecin
2005–2006 Arka Gdynia
2006–2008 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Bordeaux 2 (0)
2009–2011 → Reims (loan) 54 (4)
2011–2012 → Nantes (loan) 21 (0)
2012–2014 Reims 70 (8)
2014–2016 Sevilla 58 (2)
2016–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 11 (0)
2017–2018 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 27 (0)
2018–2019 → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 27 (2)
2019– Lokomotiv Moscow 22 (9)
National team‡
2007–2011 Poland U20 7 (1)
2008–2012 Poland U21 9 (3)
2008– Poland 69 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Beginning his senior career in France with Bordeaux, he later played for Reims, before joining Sevilla for €3.5 million in 2014, winning the UEFA Europa League in both of his two seasons at the club.

Krychowiak has earned over 60 caps for the Poland national football team since his international debut in 2008, and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2016 and at FIFA World Cup 2018.

Club career

Early career

Although initially not a big fan of football, Krychowiak became involved in the sport at his brother's insistence and left home at the age of 12 to join a sports academy.[4]

France

On 26 November 2009, Krychowiak joined Championnat National side Stade de Reims on loan until the end of the season.[5] He quickly became a regular in the starting eleven and scored two goals to help the club win promotion to Ligue 2. Reims and Bordeaux agreed to extend the loan for another season. Krychowiak was a regular starter as the club finished 10th in its return to Ligue 2 and was voted by fans as the team's player of the season.[6] Although Krychowiak usually plays as a defensive midfielder, on rare occasions he has also appeared in central defense. On 17 November 2011 he joined Nantes on loan until the end of the season.[7]

In June 2012, Krychowiak signed a three-year contract with Stade de Reims, which was newly promoted to Ligue 1.[8]

Sevilla
Krychowiak playing for Sevilla in 2015.

In July 2014, Krychowiak joined La Liga side Sevilla for €4.5 million to play as a defensive midfielder.[9] He made his competitive debut on 12 August in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup at the Cardiff City Stadium, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 defeat to Real Madrid.[10]

On 27 May 2015, Krychowiak started for Sevilla in the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final in Poland's National Stadium in Warsaw. He scored the team's equalising goal in the 28th minute of an eventual 3–2 win over Dnipro, becoming the fifth Polish player to win the competition.[11] He was the only Sevilla player named in the La Liga Team of the Season.[12]

On 11 August 2015, Krychowiak started the season for Sevilla in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup 5–4 loss against Barcelona, and suffered a broken rib but still played the full 120 minutes.[13]

Paris Saint–Germain

On 3 July 2016, Krychowiak returned to France, signing a five-year deal with champions Paris Saint-Germain for an undisclosed fee.[14]

West Bromwich Albion (loan)

On 30 August 2017, it was announced that Krychowiak had joined Premier League club West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan.[15] On 14 October while on loan at West Bromwich Albion, Krychowiak said to the media that he felt deceived by Paris Saint-Germain manager Unai Emery saying "I spoke with the coach but every time when I spoke with him I felt deception". He went on to say "Yes, exactly. So for me I didn’t understand why. The coach knows me very well. We spent two years together and before I signed the contract he told me to come to PSG, and I didn’t play." This was in response as to his frustration of being left out of the team and not getting game time.[16][17][18]

Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)

On 24 July 2018, Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow announced the signing of Krychowiak on a season-long loan deal with an obligation to buy for 10 million euros.[19]

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 3 July 2019, Lokomotiv announced that Krychowiak signed a contract with the club on a permanent basis.[20]

International career

Krychowiak represented Poland under-20s at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and scored a free kick against Brazil, the only goal of the match. He was the youngest outfield player named to the Polish U20 squad. He made his first appearance for the senior Polish national team in a friendly against Serbia on 14 December 2008. Since the game was not on an official FIFA date, the teams were mostly composed of players from the domestic leagues, as well as a few reserve players, however, it was counted as an official match.[21][22]

On 14 November 2014, Krychowiak scored his first international goal, Poland's second in a 4–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying win in Georgia.[23] His second goal came in Poland's final qualifying match against Ireland, where he opened the scoring in a 2–1 victory which made Poland qualify for Euro 2016. In Poland's opening game against Northern Ireland, he was voted man of the match. This was Poland's first ever win at a European Championship. He scored the final spot kick in a 5–4 penalty shootout win over Switzerland in the round of 16. He played every minute of Poland's historic Euro 2016 campaign, which ended in the quarter-finals losing to Portugal 3–5 in a penalty shootout.

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 March 2020
Appearances by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux 2011–12[24] Ligue 1 200000——20
Reims (loan) 2009–10[24] National 1920000——192
2010–11[24] Ligue 2 3523020——402
Nantes (loan) 2011–12[24] Ligue 2 2101000——220
Reims 2012–13[24] Ligue 1 3540010——364
2013–14[24] 3540010——364
Reims Total 124124040——13212
Sevilla 2014–15[24] La Liga 32220—13[lower-alpha 1]21[lower-alpha 2]0484
2015–16[24] 26031—12[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 2]0421
Total 58251—25220905
Paris Saint-Germain 2016–17[24] Ligue 1 11010106[lower-alpha 4]000190
West Bromwich Albion (loan) 2017–18[25] Premier League 2703010——310
Lokomotiv Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 27260—6[lower-alpha 4]100393
2019–20 20900—6[lower-alpha 4]11[lower-alpha 5]02710
Total 471160—122106613
Career total 29025191604343036130
  1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in the UEFA Super Cup
  3. Six appearances in the UEFA Champions League, six appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance in the Russian Super Cup

International
As of 19 November 2019[26]
Poland
YearAppsGoals
200810
200900
201000
201110
201240
2013100
201481
201571
2016130
201740
2018111
2019101
Total694

International goals
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.[27]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 November 2014Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia2–04–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2.11 October 2015Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland Republic of Ireland1–02–1
3.19 June 2018Otkritie Arena, Moscow, Russia Senegal1–21–22018 FIFA World Cup
4.16 November 2019Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel Israel1–02–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Sevilla

Lokomotiv Moscow

Individual

References
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