Łukasz Trałka

Łukasz Trałka
Trałka with Lech Poznań in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-11) 11 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Rzeszów, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lech Poznań Academy (head of scouting)
Youth career
UKS Ropczyce
Błękitni Ropczyce
1999–2002 Igloopol Dębica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski 10 (0)
2003–2006 Pogoń Szczecin 53 (3)
2006 → Widzew Łódź (loan) 8 (0)
2007 KSZO Ostrowiec 13 (0)
2007–2008 ŁKS Łódź 8 (0)
2008 Lechia Gdańsk 30 (3)
2009–2012 Polonia Warsaw 92 (7)
2012–2019 Lech Poznań 217 (12)
2019–2022 Warta Poznań 90 (5)
Total 521 (30)
International career
Poland U21 6 (1)
2008–2012 Poland 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Łukasz Trałka (born 11 May 1984) is a Polish football pundit, co-commentator and former player who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. He made 431 Ekstraklasa appearances for Pogoń Szczecin, ŁKS Łódź, Lechia Gdańsk, Polonia Warsaw, Lech Poznań and Warta Poznań, the 5th most of all players in the league's history.[1] He also represented Poland at international level.

Club career

Trałka made his Ekstraklasa debut as a Pogoń Szczecin player on 1 August 2004 in a 1–2 home loss against Legia Warsaw.[2]

From 2012 until 2019, Trałka represented Lech Poznań, where he celebrated his biggest successes, including winning a title in the 2014–15 season. He also served as the team's captain from 2014 until 2017 and briefly in 2018.[3]

On 15 August 2019, Trałka joined I liga side Warta Poznań.[4] In his first season with the team, he helped them return to Ekstraklasa after 25 years of absence.[5]

He made the final appearance of his career on 14 May 2022 in a 1–2 loss in the Poznań derby against his former club Lech, and was substituted in the 1st minute to a guard of honour from both teams.[6]

International career

He made his debut for the Poland national team in a friendly match against Serbia on 14 December 2008.

Career statistics

Club

Trałka as Polonia Warsaw player
Trałka as Polonia Warsaw player
Club Season League Polish Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski 2002–03[7] I liga 10 0 — — — 10 0
Pogoń Szczecin 2003–04[8] I liga 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
2004–05[9] Ekstraklasa 13 2 9 0 — — 22 2
2005–06[10] Ekstraklasa 13 1 2 0 4 0 — 19 1
2006–07[11] Ekstraklasa 12 0 2 0 — 31 0 17 0
Total 53 3 13 0 4 0 3 0 73 3
Widzew Łódź 2005–06[10] I liga 8 0 — — — 8 0
KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 2006–07[11] I liga 13 0 — — — 13 0
ŁKS Łódź 2007–08[12] Ekstraklasa 8 0 2 0 — 21 1 12 1
Lechia Gdańsk 2007–08[12] I liga 14 1 2 0 — — 16 1
2008–09[13] Ekstraklasa 16 2 1 0 — — 17 2
Total 30 3 3 0 — — 33 3
Polonia Warsaw 2008–09[13] Ekstraklasa 13 2 4 0 — — 17 2
2009–10[14] Ekstraklasa 28 1 1 0 3 0 — 32 1
2010–11[15] Ekstraklasa 26 3 3 0 — — 29 3
2011–12[16] Ekstraklasa 25 1 2 0 — — 27 1
Total 92 7 10 0 3 0 — 105 7
Lech Poznań 2012–13[17] Ekstraklasa 28 1 1 1 4 0 — 33 2
2013–14[18] Ekstraklasa 32 1 2 0 4 0 — 38 1
2014–15[19] Ekstraklasa 32 0 5 0 4 0 — 41 0
2015–16[20] Ekstraklasa 30 1 6 0 12 1 12 0 49 2
2016–17[21] Ekstraklasa 34 2 6 1 — 12 0 51 3
2017–18[22] Ekstraklasa 34 6 0 0 5 1 — 39 7
2018–19[23] Ekstraklasa 27 1 2 0 4 1 — 33 2
Total 217 12 22 2 33 3 2 0 275 17
Warta Poznań 2019–20[24] I liga 30 1 0 0 — — 30 1
2020–21[25] Ekstraklasa 29 3 2 1 — — 31 4
2021–22[26] Ekstraklasa 31 1 1 0 — — 32 1
Total 90 5 3 1 — — 93 6
Career total 521 30 53 3 40 3 7 1 621 37

1 Including Ekstraklasa Cup.
2 Including Polish Super Cup.

Honours

Pogoń Szczecin

Widzew Łódź

  • I liga: 2005–06

Lechia Gdańsk

Lech Poznań

References

  1. ^ Jarmusz, Mateusz (17 May 2021). "Łukasz Trałka wkroczył do elitarnego Klubu 400. Jest dopiero dziewiątym piłkarzem, który tego dokonał". Gazeta Wyborcza (Poznań).
  2. ^ "Pogoń Szczecin 1-2 Legia Warszawa". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Dziesięciu piłkarzy odchodzi z Lecha". Lech Poznań. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Łukasz Trałka piłkarzem Warty Poznań" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ^ Andrzej Bianga: Sukces możemy dopiero osiągnąć laczynaspilka.pl (Archived)
  6. ^ "TO JUŻ JEST KONIEC! Łukasz Trałka zakończył karierę! Panie Łukaszu, to była wielka przyjemność!". twitter.com (in Polish). @CANALPLUS_SPORT. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Sezon 2002/03" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Sezon 2003/04" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Sezon 2004/05" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Sezon 2005/06" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Sezon 2006/07" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Sezon 2007/08" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Sezon 2008/09" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Sezon 2009/10" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Sezon 2010/11" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Sezon 2011/12" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Sezon 2012/13" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Sezon 2013/14" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Sezon 2014/15" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Sezon 2015/16" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Sezon 2016/17" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  22. ^ "Sezon 2017/18" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Sezon 2018/19" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  24. ^ "Sezon 2019/20" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Sezon 2020/21" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  26. ^ "Sezon 2021/22" (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 1 September 2021.


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