Bartosz Bereszyński (born 12 July 1992) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for club Sampdoria, which he captains, and the Poland national team.

Club career

Born in

Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's ...

, Bereszyński played youth football with TPS Winogrady Poznań, Poznaniak Poznań,

Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. As of the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, they compete in the II liga, ...

and

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

. He played senior football with

and

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

. While with Lech Poznań, he played in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He was one of the very few players to have moved voluntarily from Lech to Legia, who are fierce rivals, was nicknamed "

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" and received a violent reaction from the Lech fans. Bereszyński was sent off in the last round of the

2013–14 UEFA Europa League The 2013–14 UEFA Europa League was the 43rd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the fifth season under its current title. The final was played between Sevilla and Benfica at the Juventus Stadium in Tu ...

group stage, and was suspended for the next three European matches. He did not feature in the second round nor the first leg of the 3rd qualification round in the

2014–15 UEFA Champions League The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe's premier club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions Lea ...

. However, as his club failed to include him in their squad registration for the second round matches, he had not finished his suspension when he came on as a sub in the 86th minute in the return leg against

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in the third round. Legia won the match 2–0, and 6–1 on aggregate. However, after considering the mistake, UEFA set the result to a 3–0 victory for Celtic. This made the Scottish team winners on the

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. In January 2017, Bereszyński moved to Italy, signing a four-year deal with Sampdoria. On 7 January 2023,

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announced the signing of Bereszyński on loan with a purchase option. Following Sampdoria's relegation to

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at the end of the 2022–23 season, Bereszyński appeared in two games for the club before returning to top flight on 22 August 2023, when he joined

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on a one-year loan with an option to make the move permanent.

International career

Having previously represented Poland at youth level, in the under-19, under-20, and under-21 teams, Bereszyński debuted for the senior national team against

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on 4 June 2013. In June 2018, he was named in Poland's squad for the

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in Russia.

Personal life

On 14 March 2020, Bereszyński tested positive for

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, following its pandemic in Italy. His father Przemysław Bereszyński was also a professional football player and currently a professional coach.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Lech Poznań *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 2009–10 Legia Warsaw * Ekstraklasa: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16 *

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 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

runner-up:

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Napoli *

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: 2022–23 Individual *

Discovery of the Season: 2012–13

References

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