Waldemar Sobota (born 19 May 1987) is a Polish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

central midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and is currently a

free agent In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under contract to any specific team. The term is also used in reference to a player who is under contract at present but who is a ...

Club career

Sobota was born in

Ozimek Ozimek (german: Malapane; szl, Uoźimek) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,657 inhabitants (2019). History Ozimek dates back to an early modern period, early modern settlement. It was named both ''Ozimek'' and ''Ma ...

. He joined

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish fo ...

on a four-year contract deal in June 2010. He joined

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

from

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

in January 2015. In March 2018, he agreed a contract extension until 2020 with the club. Sobota left the club upon the expiration of his contract in July 2020. After FC St. Pauli had signed new manager

Timo Schultz Timo Schultz (born 26 August 1977) is a German former footballer, and manager, who last managed FC St. Pauli. Career Born in Wittmund, Schultz is a youth product of Werder Bremen. After playing for the club's reserves for four years, he went on ...

, the club announced it would not offer Sobota a new contract.

International career

On 16 December 2011, Sobota made his debut for the national team of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

in a

friendly match An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...

against

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

, in which he immediately scored his first goal, securing his team a 1–0 victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sobota goal.''

Honours

Śląsk Wrocław *

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 ...

: 2011–12 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been pl ...

: 2012

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sobota, Waldemar 1987 births Living people People from Ozimek Polish people of German descent Silesian-German people Sportspeople from Opole Voivodeship Polish footballers Association football midfielders Poland international footballers MKS Kluczbork players Śląsk Wrocław players III liga players II liga players I liga players Ekstraklasa players Club Brugge KV players Belgian Pro League players FC St. Pauli players 2. Bundesliga players Polish expatriate footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany