Łukasz Skorupski (born 5 May 1991) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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and the

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Career

Early career

Born in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Sil ...

, started his professional career with

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Poli ...

. In February 2011, he was loaned to

Ruch Radzionków Ruch Radzionków is a Polish association football club based in Radzionków. The club was disaffiliated in 2012 due to financial problems and the board has decided to withdraw from the competition in season 2012/2013. Instead Ruch Radzionków pla ...

. He returned to Górnik half year later.

Roma

On 14 July 2013, Skorupski joined the

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club

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, signing a four-year contract. Skorupski made his debut for Roma in the 1–0

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victory over

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on 9 January 2014. Skorupski's league debut came against

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, a 0–1 loss in the penultimate game of the season, he also played against

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the following, a defeat by the same scoreline. On 30 September 2014, Skorupski made his European debut in the 1–1 Champions League draw against

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Bologna

On 22 June 2018, Roma confirmed they had sold Skorupski to Bologna for a reported fee of around €9 million.

International career

He was a part of Poland under-20 and under-21 squad. He made his senior national team debut against Macedonia played in Aksu in an international friendly match on 14 December 2012. In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man

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for the

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. However, he did not make the final 23.

Career statistics

Club

International

Personal life

On 14 June 2017, Skorupski married an Italian Matilde Rossi. On 1 June 2018, his son Leonardo was born. Skorupski's brother, Michał, is also a footballer.

Honours

AS Roma *

: runner-up 2013–14, 2014–15

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skorupski, Lukasz 1991 births Living people Footballers from Zabrze Men's association football goalkeepers Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Poland men's under-21 international footballers Poland men's international footballers Ekstraklasa players I liga players Serie A players Górnik Zabrze players Ruch Radzionków players AS Roma players Empoli FC players Bologna FC 1909 players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy