Robert Lewandowski
Robert „Lewy“ Lewandowski
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Written by Tomasz Wlodarczyk, Radoslaw Przybysz and Maciej Luczak for Meczyki:
The best Polish footballer of the 21st century, and according to many the best ever, a title for which he has perhaps a handful of rivals in Wlodzimierz Lubanski, Kazimierz Deyna, Grzegorz Lato and Zbigniew Boniek, and holds the record for both appearances and goals for Poland. The captain made his debut 14 years ago under Leo Beenhakker and has become the most important and influential figure in Polish football, though he has yet to taste major success with the national team: so far, their biggest achievement in his career was reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2016. Robert Lewandowski also holds the record for the most goals scored in a single Bundesliga season with 41, beating Gerd Müller by one goal. He is also the greatest foreign goalscorer in Bundesliga history, with 312. After eight trophy-laden years at Bayern Munich he left for Barcelona in the summer of 2022 and remains, even at 35 years old, their best striker.
