Tomasz Neugebauer (born 8 May 2003) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała TS Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała () is a football club based in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. They currently compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish football. History The club was essentially founded on 11 July 1997, although it can trace i ...

, on loan from

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

Career

Early years

Neugebauer started his career playing in the youth sides of his local team Odra Centrum Wodzisław Śląski. After more than a decade with Odra, Neugebauer joined the youth sides of

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 ...

. With Ruch, Neugebauer progressed to the first team in 2020, making his debut in the III liga on 8 August against Foto-Higiena Gać. Over an 18-month period Neugebauer went on to make 44 appearances and score one goal for Ruch.

Lechia Gdańsk

In December 2021, it was announced that Neugebauer would be joining

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

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on a deal until 2025.

Loan to Podbeskidzie

On 6 December 2022,

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga vi ...

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announced the acquisition of Neugebauer on loan until the end of the season.

References

2003 births People from Wodzisław Śląski Living people Polish footballers Association football midfielders Poland youth international footballers Ruch Chorzów players Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Ekstraklasa players II liga players III liga players IV liga players {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub