Mateusz Piotr Bogusz (born 22 August 2001) is a Polish professional

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who plays as an

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for

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, on loan from

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club

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. He also represents the Poland national under-21 team. Bogusz started his career at

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side

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

, before signing for

in January 2019. He made his league debut for the club in July 2020, before spending the

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and 2021–22 seasons on loan in the

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Club career

Ruch Chorzów

Born in

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, Bogusz started his youth career at Polish side

before making his first-team debut at 16 years old during the 2017–18 season in

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on 4 March 2018 in a 2–0 win against

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. In 2018, his impressive form for the side meant that Bogusz was offered a trial at Italian

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side

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, however he was not granted permission by Ruch Chorzów. He made 13 appearances for the side during the 2017–18 season but was unable to prevent Ruch Chorzów being relegated from

. Despite being just 16, he was given the number 10 shirt for the 2018/19 season. He scored his first goal for Ruch Chorzów on 27 October 2018 against

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. He scored his sixth goal of the

II liga II liga (Druga Liga, ), currently named eWinner II liga due to sponsorship reasons by eWinner, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season ''II Liga'' referr ...

season on 19 January 2019 in a 4–1 win against

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in what appeared to be his final game for the club, as on 22 January 2019, Ruch Chorzów announced that a fee had been agreed with English

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side

to sign the player.

Leeds United

Bogusz joined English

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side

on 29 January 2019 for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. He became Leeds' second signing of the 2019 January transfer window after the signing of

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. He was part of

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's Leeds United under 23's side that won the PDL Northern League 2018–19 season, before becoming the national

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champions following victory over

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in the final. He was named in the first-team squad for the first time on 28 April 2019 as an unused substitute in a 1–1 draw against

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and featured on the bench three more times that season. Bogusz featured in the club's first-team during the pre-season ahead of the 2019–20 season, featuring in 16

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's 16-man squad for Leeds' pre-season tour of Australia for matches against

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and West Sydney Wanderers, and scoring against the latter. He made his senior debut for Leeds on 27 August 2019 in an

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match against

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, with Leeds losing on 4–5 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in normal time. After the English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to the

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, the season was resumed during June, where Leeds earned promotion to the

as Championship champions for the 2019–20 season, with Bogusz making his league debut for the club in the final game of the season in a 4–0 victory against

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. His first start of the 2020–21 season came on 16 September 2020 for Premier League Leeds in a 1–1 draw against

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side

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in the EFL Cup, with Hull winning 9-8 on penalties. Bogusz was then named as an unused substitute in the following Premier League game against

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on 19 September after an injury to Pablo Hernández. Bogusz signed a new three-year contract with Leeds on 11 August 2020. On 5 October 2020, deadline day, Bogusz joined Spanish

side Logroñés on loan for the

. He scored once in 24 appearances as the club finished 20th in the league and were relegated. On 7 July 2021, Bogusz was again loaned out to

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, this time joining newly-promoted Segunda División side

on a season-long deal. On 31 August 2022, Bogusz rejoined Ibiza on loan for the duration of the 2022-23 season.

International career

Bogusz has represented Poland at international level at several age groups. On 13 May 2019, Bogusz was called up to the Poland U20 for the

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. On 19 August 2019, Bogusz was called up to the Poland U21s for the first time for matches against Latvia U21 and Estonia U21s in September 2019. With Bogusz making his Poland U21s debut on 10 September against Estonia U21s in a 4–0 win. On 5 September 2020, Bogusz scored his first goals for Poland U21s by scoring a brace in a 6-0 win against Estonia U21s.

Style of play

Bogusz plays mainly as an

in the number 10 role. In Poland he was known for his technical ability and eye for goal. He can also play as a

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or as a

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Career statistics

Honours

Leeds United *

: 2019–20

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogusz, Mateusz 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Ruda Śląska Polish footballers Poland youth international footballers Poland under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders I liga players II liga players English Football League players Segunda División players Ruch Chorzów players Leeds United F.C. players UD Logroñés players UD Ibiza players Polish expatriate footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in England Polish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Spain