Jan Bednarek (footballer)

Jan Kacper Bednarek ([ˈjan bɛˈdnarɛk] (listen); born 12 April 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Southampton and the Poland national team.

Jan Bednarek
Bednarek lining up for Poland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Jan Kacper Bednarek[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996[1]
Place of birth Słupca, Poland
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 35
Youth career
0000–2013 Lech Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Lech Poznań 31 (1)
2015–2016 → Górnik Łęczna (loan) 17 (0)
2017– Southampton 83 (3)
National team‡
2010 Poland U-16 1 (0)
2012–2013 Poland U-17 8 (0)
2013–2014 Poland U-18 8 (0)
2014–2015 Poland U-19 6 (0)
2015–2016 Poland U-20 4 (0)
2016–2017 Poland U-21 8 (0)
2017– Poland 25 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:44, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Lech Poznań

In 2013, Bednarek made his Ekstraklasa debut, at the age of 17 years old, for Lech Poznań against Piast Gliwice, in an eventual 2–0 win for the home side. The Polish under-21 international became an integral member of the squad, featuring 31 times and scoring once as Poznań narrowly missed out on the Polish Cup to Arka Gdynia 2–1 after extra-time.

Górnik Łęczna (loan)

He was loaned to Górnik Łęczna for the 2015–16 season, where he managed a total of 17 league appearances before returning to his parent club.

Southampton

On 1 July 2017, Bednarek joined Southampton on a five-year deal,[3][4] for a reported fee of £5 million.[5] He made his Premier League debut on 14 April 2018 against Chelsea, and scored Southampton’s second goal in a 3–2 defeat.[6]

On 2 February 2021, Bednerak scored an own goal, conceded a penalty and was given a red card after a foul on Anthony Martial in his team's record-equalling 9–0 defeat to Manchester United after Mike Dean checked the pitchside monitor.[7] Despite this, the red card was controversial and Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær believed that Bednarek should not have been sent off.[8] The red card issued was subsequently rescinded following an appeal by the club.[9]

International career

On 4 September 2017, Bednarek made his international debut for Poland in a 3–0 victory over Kazakhstan.[10]

In May 2018, he was named in Poland’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[11]

On 28 June 2018, he scored his first goal for Poland, the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Japan at the World Cup.[12]

Personal life

His brother Filip is also a footballer, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Polish club Lech Poznań.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Lech Poznań 2013–14[14] Ekstraklasa 2000—00—20
2014–15[15] Ekstraklasa 2020—00—40
2016–17[16] Ekstraklasa 27170——00341
Total 31190—0000401
Górnik Łęczna (loan) 2015–16[17] Ekstraklasa 17010———180
Southampton 2017–18[18] Premier League 512010——81
2018–19[19] Premier League 2500020——270
2019–20[20] Premier League 3412030——391
2020–21[21] Premier League 2012010——231
Total 8336070——972
Career total 13231607000001553

International
As of match played 14 October 2020[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 201710
2018111
201990
202040
Total251

International goals
As of match played 19 November 2019. Poland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Bednarek's goal.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionReference
128 June 2018Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia Japan
1–0
1–0
2018 FIFA World Cup[12]

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
  2. "Jan Bednarek: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. "Saints sign Bednarek". Southampton F.C. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. "Jan Bednarek: Southampton sign Polish defender from Lech Poznan". BBC Sport. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. Leitch, Adam (1 July 2017). "Southampton sign Jan Bednarek from Lech Poznan for around £5m". Daily Echo. Southampton. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. Sutcliffe, Steve (14 April 2018). "Southampton 2–3 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. Stone, Simon (2 February 2021). "Manchester United 9–0 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. Crocker, Tom (3 February 2021). "Solskjaer: Bednarek definitely shouldn't have been sent off". Daily Echo. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  9. "Arsenal's David Luiz red card appeal fails but Southampton's Jan Bednarek sees ban overturned". BBC Sport. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  10. "Bednarek makes senior Poland bow". Southampton F.C. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  11. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  12. Hafez, Shamoon (28 June 2018). "Japan 0 Poland 1". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  13. "Jan Bednarek". www.90minut.pl.
  14. "Sezon 2013/14". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  15. "Sezon 2014/15". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  16. "Sezon 2016/17". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  17. "Sezon 2015/16". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  18. "Games played by Jan Bednarek in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  19. "Games played by Jan Bednarek in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  20. "Games played by Jan Bednarek in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  21. "Games played by Jan Bednarek in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  22. "Bednarek, Jan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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