Adam Buksa

Polish footballer (born 1996)

Adam Buksa
Buksa in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-07-12) 12 July 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre forward
Team information
Current team
 Antalyaspor
(on loan from Lens)
Number 9
Youth career
Wisła Kraków
0000–2010 Hutnik Kraków
2010–2013 Garbarnia Kraków
2013 Wisła Kraków
2013–2014 Novara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Lechia Gdańsk 16 (1)
2014–2016 Lechia Gdańsk II 10 (3)
2016–2018 Zagłębie Lubin 30 (5)
2017–2018 → Pogoń Szczecin (loan) 12 (4)
2018–2020 Pogoń Szczecin 40 (18)
2020–2022 New England Revolution 64 (29)
2022– Lens 8 (0)
2022–2023 Lens II 1 (1)
2023– → Antalyaspor (loan) 27 (13)
International career‡
2013 Poland U17 2 (0)
2013–2014 Poland U18 11 (2)
2014–2015 Poland U19 9 (4)
2016–2019 Poland U21 12 (2)
2021– Poland 14 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2024

Adam Buksa (born 12 July 1996) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Süper Lig club Antalyaspor, on loan from Lens, and the Poland national team.[1] Besides Poland, he has played in Italy, United States and France.[2] He is the older brother of Aleksander Buksa.

Club career

Clubs in Poland

Adam Buksa is a product of the club's youth system of Wisła Kraków, but started his professional career in Lechia Gdańsk and made his debut on 25 July 2014 against Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. He played for Lechia for two seasons and moved to Zagłębie Lubin after the 2015–16 season.[3]

In Zagłębie, Buksa played until January 2018 and was loaned out to Pogoń Szczecin for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. After the season, Buksa signed a contract with Pogoń and established himself as one of the most promising young strikers in Poland.[4] In December 2019, he signed a contract for three years with New England Revolution from Major League Soccer.

New England Revolution

Buksa signed for the New England Revolution on 12 December 2019. His reported transfer fee of $4.5 million made him the second-most expensive signing in the franchises' history behind Gustavo Bou. He became the third Polish-born player to represent the Revolution, joining Rob Jachym (1997–98) and Janusz Michallik (1998).[5][6] Buksa made his first appearance for the team in the season opener, a 2–1 loss to Montreal Impact on 29 February 2020.[7] He scored his first goal for the Revolution in the 28th minute the franchises' home opener against the Chicago Fire on 7 March 2020, assisted by Brandon Bye. It was the first goal scored by a first-year Revolution player in a home opener since Saër Sène in 2012 against the Portland Timbers.[8]

Buksa finished second in regular-season scoring for the Revolution in his inaugural campaign, with six goals and two assists in 23 appearances.[9]

On 24 November 2020, in the 26th minute of the first round of the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs, Buksa scored the game-winning goal in the Revolutions' 2–0 victory over the 1st-seeded, Supporter's Shield holders, the Philadelphia Union.[10]

Buksa scored the first goal of the Revolution's 2021 season in the franchises' season-opener against the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field on 17 April 2021 [11] He would lead the Revolution to their first MLS Supporter's Shield, finishing the 2021 season as the Revolution's top goal scorer. He would conclude the 2021 season tied for 5th in the league in goals scored with 16 in 31 appearances.[12] He would score the club's opening goal in the 2021 MLS Playoffs against eventual-champion NYCFC. Buksa's penalty would later be saved by Sean Johnson as the Revolution ultimately fell 3-2 in penalties following a 2-2 draw in open play.[13]

Buksa started the 2022 season strongly, scoring 7 goals in his first 10 matches for the club. His start to the season included a 7 game scoring streak, which tied a team record set by Wolde Harris in 2000.[14][15] On 29 May 2022 Seth Macomber of The Bent Musket reported that Buksa, who had missed the Revolution's past two matches and had been released to Poland for national team duty, was close to joining Lens on a permanent deal.[16] On 6 June 2022. The Boston Globe's Frank Dell'Apa reported that the Revolution had indeed agreed to transfer Buksa to Lens in return for a transfer fee of $10 million, believed to be a record fee paid for a player by the French club. Buksa finished his Revolution career 11th on the all-time list of goal scorers for the club, with 35 goals in 73 games.[17]

Lens

Buksa with Lens in 2023 during warming up.

On 7 June 2022, New England Revolution announced that Buksa would be leaving the club and would be transferring to Ligue 1 club Lens for a reported transfer fee of $10 million. He joined Lens on 10 July 2022.[18] He made his first appearance in Ligue 1 on 9 September 2022 against Troyes.

Loan to Antalyaspor

On 18 July 2023, Buksa was sent on a season-long loan, with an option to buy, to Turkish club Antalyaspor, joining his compatriot Jakub Kałuziński.[19]

International career

Buksa received first call-up to the Poland national team by then-manager Jerzy Brzęczek in a friendly against the Czech Republic on 15 November 2018, but was unused in Poland's 1–0 defeat.[20] He was also an unused reserve in Poland's 1–1 away draw to Portugal in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A, where Poland finished bottom but later spared from relegation due to UEFA's revising the format.[21]

After three years hiatus, Buksa finally made his debut for the national team against Albania as a starter in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, he also contributed one goal in the match where Poland achieved a 4–1 home win over the Balkan opponents.[22]

On just his second appearance with the national team, Buksa completed his first-ever hat trick as Poland went on to win against San Marino 7–1.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 February 2024[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lechia Gdańsk 2014–15 Ekstraklasa 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 8 1 1 0 — — 9 1
Total 16 1 1 0 — — 17 1
Zagłębie Lubin 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 22 4 0 0 — — 22 4
2017–18 Ekstraklasa 8 1 1 0 — — 9 1
Total 30 5 1 0 — — 31 5
Pogoń Szczecin (loan) 2017–18 Ekstraklasa 12 4 0 0 — — 12 4
Pogoń Szczecin 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 22 11 1 0 — — 23 11
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 18 7 2 0 — — 20 7
Total 52 22 3 0 — — 55 22
New England Revolution 2020 MLS 23 6 — — 5[b] 1 28 7
2021 MLS 31 16 — — 1[c] 1 32 17
2022 MLS 10 7 1 2 2[d] 2 0 0 13 11
Total 64 29 1 2 2 2 6 2 73 35
Lens 2022–23 Ligue 1 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Antalyaspor (loan) 2023–24 Süper Lig 23 12 2 0 — — 25 12
Career total 190 67 8 2 2 2 6 2 206 73
  1. ^ Includes Polish Cup, U.S. Open Cup, Turkish Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in MLS is Back Tournament, four appearances and one goal in MLS Cup Playoffs
  3. ^ Appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. ^ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland
2021 5 5
2022 4 0
2023 4 1
2024 1 0
Total 14 6
Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Buksa goal.
List of international goals scored by Adam Buksa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 September 2021 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland  Albania 2–1 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 5 September 2021 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 5–1 7–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 6–1
4 7–1
5 9 October 2021 Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland  San Marino 4–0 5–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 12 October 2023 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

New England Revolution

References

  1. ^ "Revolution acquire forward Adam Buksa as Designated Player". New England Revolution. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. ^ Buksa: Designated player w Polsce? To kompletnie rozbiłoby szatnię weszlo.com
  3. ^ "Career Story of Adam Buksa". BetBonuscode365. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Adam Buksa". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  5. ^ "New England Revolution sign Polish striker Adam Buksa as Designated Player". 20 December 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ Charles Boehm (12 December 2019). "New England Revolution complete transfer of Polish striker Adam Buksa". Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  7. ^ Tristan D'Amours (29 February 2020). "Montreal Impact come from behind to defeat New England Revolution". Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Recap: Revolution and Chicago Fire FC play to 1–1 draw in Revs' home opener". 7 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Adam Buksa". 6 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Philadelphia Union 0, New England Revolution 2 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Match Recap". 24 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Revolution salvage 2-2 draw in season opener in Chicago". 17 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Major League Soccer Scoring Stats - 2021". 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Recap: New England Revolution 2 (3), New York City FC 2 (5)". 30 November 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Revolution agree to $10 million transfer that sends leading scorer Adam Buksa to French Ligue 1 team". 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  15. ^ "NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION". 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Source: Adam Buksa is expected to join RC Lens this summer". 29 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Revolution agree to $10 million transfer that sends leading scorer Adam Buksa to French Ligue 1 team". 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Official: New England Revolution transfer Adam Buksa to Ligue 1's RC Lens". Major League Soccer. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Adam Buksa İmzayı Attı" (in Turkish). Antalyaspor. 18 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Poland - Czech Republic live - 15 November 2018". 15 November 2018.
  21. ^ "Poland fight back to draw in Portugal". BBC Sport.
  22. ^ "New England's Adam Buksa scores on Poland debut in World Cup Qualifying | MLSSoccer.com".
  23. ^ "International Roundup | Buksa bags hat trick for Poland, Turner (U.S.) and Buchanan (Canada) play to 1-1 draw | New England Revolution".
  24. ^ Adam Buksa at Soccerway

External links

  • Adam Buksa at Soccerway
  • Adam Buksa at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
  • Adam Buksa at FootballDatabase.eu
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