Łukasz Teodorczyk (; born 3 June 1991) is a Polish former professional

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Early career

Having joined

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in January 2010, Teodorczyk made his

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 ...

debut on 29 October 2010. During the 2010–11 season, his first at Polonia, he featured in six outings for the senior team, and appeared in 21 games in the

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youth league, scoring 15 goals.

Lech Poznań

Before leaving Lech Poznań in August 2014, Teodorczyk had played four games and scored three goals, which qualified him for a medal when Lech won the

in May 2015.

Dynamo Kyiv

On 27 August 2014, Teodorczyk signed a five-year contract with Ukrainian club

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who reportedly paid €4 million for the transfer. He made his debut for Dynamo on 30 August 2014 in a 2–0 win against

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coming on as a substitute on the 85th minute. About 15 seconds after he came on he made an assist for 2–0. On 13 September 2014, he scored his first goal for Dynamo in a 2–2 draw against

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. In his first season with Dynamo he won the first league of his career, helping his team win the double of

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and the

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. In the league he scored 5 goals in 13 appearances. He missed out on the cup final having sustained an injury during the semi-final match against Olimpik Donetsk which kept him out for 2 months. On international level, he reached the quarter finals of the

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with Dynamo where the club was knocked out by

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1–3 on aggregate. In the 6 matches he played in the Europa League he scored 3 goals against the likes of Steaua București, EA Guingamp and Everton. On 24 November 2015, Teodorczyk made his

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debut on matchday 5 of the group stage in a 2–0 away win against Portuguese club FC Porto, coming on as a substitute on the 87th minute. While he remained goalless in the competition, Dynamo reached the last sixteen of the

that season before being eliminated by Manchester City 1–3 on aggregate. In the league he scored 5 goals in 11 matches in the 2015–16 season.

Anderlecht (loan)

On 4 August 2016, Teodorczyk was loaned out to Belgian club

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for the season. He made his debut for Anderlecht on 7 August 2016 in a 5–0 win against

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and scored his first goal for the club that same day.

Anderlecht

On 30 March 2017, Teodorczyk signed a permanent contract with Anderlecht until 2020. Anderlecht paid a previously-agreed €4.5 million transfer fee to

. He won the top scorer for the season

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with 22 goals.

Udinese

On 17 August 2018, Teodorczyk signed a permanent contract with

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. On 29 December 2021, after making no appearances during the 2021–22 season, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Loan to Charleroi

On 5 October 2020, he joined Belgian club Charleroi on loan.

Vicenza

On 4 January 2022, he signed with Italian

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club

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until the end of the 2021–22 season, with an option to extend. He left the team following the season's conclusion.

Retirement

On 19 November 2022, Teodorczyk announced his retirement from football on Instagram.

International career

After playing for the

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, Teodorczyk went on to feature for the U21 team and scored two goals in Poland's first

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game for the European U21 Football Championship. He scored his first goals for the senior team on 2 February 2013, netting a brace in a 4–1 friendly win against

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. In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Łukasz's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Lech Poznań *

: 2014–15 ;Dynamo Kyiv *

: 2014–15, 2015–16 *

: 2014–15 *

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;Anderlecht * Belgian First Division A: 2016–17 *

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;Individual * Belgian First Division A top goalscorer: 2016–17

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teodorczyk, Lukasz 1991 births Living people People from Żuromin County Polish footballers Poland under-21 international footballers Poland international footballers Ekstraklasa players Ukrainian Premier League players Belgian Pro League players Serie A players Serie B players Polonia Warsaw players Lech Poznań players FC Dynamo Kyiv players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Udinese Calcio players R. Charleroi S.C. players L.R. Vicenza players Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Polish expatriate footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Belgium Polish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Italy Polish expatriate sportspeople in Italy 2018 FIFA World Cup players Association football forwards