Patryk Klimala

Polish footballer (born 1998)
Patryk Klimala
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Świdnica, Poland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Śląsk Wrocław
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2012 Zjednoczeni Żarów
2012–2014 Lechia Dzierżoniów
2014–2016 Legia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 → Lechia Dzierżoniów (loan) 7 (1)
2016–2020 Jagiellonia Białystok 42 (8)
2017–2018 → Wigry Suwałki (loan) 27 (13)
2020–2021 Celtic 19 (3)
2021–2022 New York Red Bulls 57 (13)
2023 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 19 (4)
2023– Śląsk Wrocław 7 (0)
International career
2016 Poland U19 2 (0)
2018–2019 Poland U20 3 (1)
2019–2020 Poland U21 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:35, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Patryk Klimala (born 5 August 1998) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Śląsk Wrocław.[2]

Club career

Early career

Born in Świdnica, Klimala began his career in Żarów about twelve kilometers north of Świdnica. He played for the club until 2012 when he went on to Lechia Dzierżoniów. From here, Klimala moved to Legia Warsaw's youth boarding school in 2014. Legia loaned the attacker back to his previous club Dzierżoniów from 2015 to 2016. While with Dzierżoniów he played in the III liga appearing in seven matches and scoring one goal.

Jagiellonia Białystok

Jagiellonia Białystok signed Klimala in July 2016. There he played for the U19 team for the first few months. Klimala made his first team debut for Jagiellonia on 25 September 2016 being subbed in for Przemysław Frankowski in the 92nd minute against Korona Kielce.[3][4] He played two more games that season against Lech Poznań and Arka Gdynia being subbed in late in the game in both matches.

Loan to Wigry Suwałki

Klimala was loaned to I liga side Wigry Suwałki for the 2017/18 season. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 October 2017 in a 2–2 draw with Bytovia Bytów.[5] He ended the season as the team's top scorer with 13 goals in 27 games.

Return to Jagiellonia

Following his season on loan, Klimala returned to Jagiellonia. He made his debut in the Europa League against Rio Ave on 26 July 2018 in a 1–0 victory, he was subbed in the 83rd minute.[6] Klimala got his first chance in the starting eleven against Piast Gliwice on 19 August 2018.[7] He played 63 minutes before being subbed out for Karol Swiderski, with Jagiellonia winning 2–1.

On 4 December 2018, Klimala scored his first goal with Jagiellonia in a 2–0 victory over Arka Gdynia in the Polish Cup.[8] On 12 March 2019, Klimala scored two goals in a 2–0 victory over Odra Opole, helping Jagiellonia advance to the semi-finals of the Polish Cup.[9] Klimala scored his first goal in the top flight Ekstraklasa on 6 April 2019 in a 2–1 victory over Zagłębie Sosnowiec.[10]

Celtic

On 14 January 2020, Klimala signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Celtic.[11][12] The transfer fee was reported as four million euros.[13] He scored the first goal of his Celtic career on July 16, 2020, in a pre-season friendly 1–1 draw against Nice in Lyon, France.[14] He scored his first competitive goal for Celtic in a 5–1 win over Hamilton Academical on 2 August 2020.[15]

New York Red Bulls

On 22 April 2021, Klimala signed a four-year contract with MLS side New York Red Bulls as a young designated player.[16] On 23 June 2021, Klimala scored his first goal for New York in a 3-2 loss to New England Revolution.[17] Klimala ended his first season with New York appearing in 30 matches and leading the team in scoring with 8 goals and 7 assists.

On 26 February 2022, Klimala scored New York's first goal of the season in a 3-1 victory over San Jose Earthquakes in the opening match of the season.[18] On 5 March 2022, Klimala assisted on three Lewis Morgan first half goals to help New York to a 4-1 victory over Toronto FC.[19] On 30 April 2022, Klimala scored two second half goals to help New York to a 2-1 victory over Chicago Fire SC. [20] On 18 May 2022 Klimala scored in injury time to help New York a to 3-3 draw with Chicago Fire SC. [21] On May 25, 2022, Klimale scored a goal and assisted another in a 3-1 victory for New York over Charlotte FC as his team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2022 U.S. Open Cup.[22]

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

On 29 January 2023, Klimala moved to Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[23] In late October that year, following the breakout of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Klimala left Israel and returned to his native Poland, where he started training at Śląsk Wrocław's facilities. On 3 November, he terminated his contact with Hapoel by mutual consent.[24]

Śląsk Wrocław

On 5 November 2023, Klimala was unveiled as Śląsk's new player at half-time of a 2–1 home win against ŁKS Łódź, after signing a contract until June 2027. Due to FIFA transfer regulations, he won't be able to feature in an official fixture for Śląsk until the start of 2024.[25]

International career

Klimala has represented Poland at under-19 youth international level and made his international debut against Slovakia U19 in November 2016.[26] He made his under-20 debut against England U20 in March 2018,[27] scoring his first international goal against the same opponents exactly one year later.[28] In March 2019, Klimala made his under-21 debut against Serbia U21.[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 November 2023[30][31]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lechia Dzierżoniów (loan) 2016–17 III liga 7 1 0 0 — — 7 1
Jagiellonia Białystok 2016–17 Ekstraklasa 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2018–19 Ekstraklasa 22 1 6 3 — 1 0 29 4
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 17 7 1 0 — — 18 7
Total 42 8 7 3 0 0 1 0 50 11
Wigry Suwałki (loan) 2017–18 I liga 27 13 1 0 — — 28 13
Celtic 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2020–21 Scottish Premiership 17 3 0 0 1 0 6 0 24 3
Total 19 3 2 0 1 0 6 0 28 3
New York Red Bulls 2021 MLS 29 8 0 0 1 0 — 30 8
2022 MLS 28 5 4 1 0 0 — 32 6
Total 57 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 62 14
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2022–23 Israeli Premier League 15 3 — — — 15 3
2023–24 Israeli Premier League 4 1 0 0 — 4 0 8 1
Total 19 4 0 0 — 4 0 23 4
Śląsk Wrocław 2023–24 Ekstraklasa 0 0 — — — 0 0
Career total 171 42 13 4 2 0 11 0 197 46

Honours

Celtic

References

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  2. ^ "New York Red Bulls transfer Patryk Klimala to Israeli Premier League side". Major League Soccer. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Jagiellonia Białystok. Zgłosili młodego napastnika" (in Polish). poranny.pl. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Lotto Ekstraklasa: Jagiellonia wygrała z Koroną i utrzymała się na fotelu lidera" (in Polish). sport.dziennik.pl. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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  31. ^ Patryk Klimala at Soccerway
  32. ^ Celtic win fourth straight Scottish Cup as Hazard's shootout saves break Hearts, Ewan Murray, The Guardian, 20 December 2020

External links

  • Patryk Klimala at Soccerway
  • Patryk Klimala at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
  • Patryk Klimala at WorldFootball.net

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