Bio:

Robert Lewandowski (born 21 August 1988) plays as a striker for Barcelona and captains the Poland national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time. He is one of only five players to have scored 100 goals with three different clubs. He ranks third for the all-time top goalscorers in the UEFA Champions League with 107 goals. He trails only Messi and Ronaldo. He also ranks third for the all-time European men’s top goal scorers in international football with 88 goals. He has scored over 700 senior career goals for club and country.

Lewandowski began his career in the third and second tiers of Polish football with Znicz Pruszków. He later moved to top-flight Lech Poznań. There, he helped the team win the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa. In 2010, he transferred to Borussia Dortmund, where he won two consecutive Bundesliga titles and the league’s top goalscorer award. In 2013, he also featured with Dortmund in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final. Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Lewandowski joined Dortmund’s domestic rivals, Bayern Munich, on a free transfer. In Munich, he won the Bundesliga title in each of his eight seasons. He played an integral role in their Champions League win in 2019–20 as part of a treble. Lewandowski was widely expected to win the 2020 Ballon d’Or, but it was not awarded due to the impact of COVID-19. In 2022, he moved to Barcelona, where he has since won two La Liga titles, the Copa del Rey, and the Pichichi Trophy; his Pichichi Trophy win made him the joint-record holder for most top scorer awards in Europe’s top five leagues with eight.