Grzegorz Krychowiak

Grzegorz Krychowiak
Krychowiak playing for Lokomotiv Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Full name Grzegorz Krychowiak[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-29) 29 January 1990 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Gryfice, Poland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Anorthosis Famagusta
Number 20
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)
2009–2011Reims (loan) 54 (4)
2011–2012Nantes (loan) 21 (0)
2012–2014 Reims 70 (8)
2014–2016 Sevilla 58 (2)
2016–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 11 (0)
2017–2018West Bromwich Albion (loan) 27 (0)
2018–2019Lokomotiv Moscow (loan) 27 (2)
2019–2021 Lokomotiv Moscow 53 (18)
2021–2023 Krasnodar 14 (4)
2022AEK Athens (loan) 9 (2)
2022–2023Al-Shabab (loan) 30 (3)
2023–2024 Abha 33 (9)
2024– Anorthosis Famagusta 0 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Poland U17 5 (0)
2007–2011 Poland U20 7 (1)
2009–2012 Poland U21 11 (3)
2008–2023 Poland 100 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

Grzegorz Krychowiak ([ˈɡʐɛɡɔʂ krɨˈxɔvʲjak] ; born 29 January 1990) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Anorthosis Famagusta.

Beginning his senior career in France with Bordeaux, Krychowiak 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 earned 100 caps for Poland national team between his international debut in 2008 to 2023, and represented the nation at two UEFA European Championships (2016 and 2020) and two FIFA World Cups (2018 and 2022).

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 21. Retrieved 10 December 2022.