Michał Gurgul
Polish footballer
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Michał Gurgul (born 30 January 2006) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.
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Gurgul in 2023 with Lech Poznań | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michał Gurgul[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Poznań, Poland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lech Poznań | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | AP Reissa Jarocin | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Lech Poznań | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lech Poznań II | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Lech Poznań | 66 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Poland U14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Poland U16 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Poland U17 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Poland U18 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Poland U19 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Poland U21 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:03, 25 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:24, 28 March 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Early career
At the age of 5, Gurgul joined the Jarocin branch of Akademia Piłkarska Reissa.[2] In 2017, he joined Lech Poznań's youth system.
With Gurgul as a regular in the starting line-up, Lech's U19 team won the 2022–23 Central Junior League title.[3]
Senior level
Gurgul made his senior debut for Lech Poznań II on 28 February 2023 in a 2–0 league win against Radunia Stężyca.[4] Less than two weeks later, on 12 March 2023, he made his first appearance for the senior team as a substitute in a 1–1 Ekstraklasa draw against Piast Gliwice.[5] Two days later, it was announced he had signed a new three-year deal with the club.[6]
On 30 April 2023, he was named in Lech's starting line-up for a league home game against Górnik Zabrze, which ended in a 0–1 loss.[7]
In September 2023, following international break, he replaced Elias Andersson as the first-choice left-back in the team's line-up and started in every Ekstraklasa game played by Lech that month. On 28 September, Gurgul scored his first professional goal in a 4–1 win against defending champions Raków Częstochowa, levelling the score from close range in the 6th minute.[8]
International career
Gurgul received his first call-up to the Poland U14s in 2019.[2] At the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, he appeared in all five games played by the under-17 team as they reached the semi-finals and secured a spot at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9] He was part of the squad for the tournament played in Indonesia,[10] and appeared in all three games played by the Polish U17s.
He then made his debut for the under-18s as a substitute in a friendly against Croatia on 6 September 2023.[11]
After serving as captain of the Poland under-19s in 2024,[12] on 5 November he received his maiden senior team call-up for the UEFA Nations League matches against Portugal and Scotland later that month,[13] appearing on the bench once against the latter.[14]
Gurgul made his debut with the under-21 team in its first match at the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, playing the full length of a 1–2 loss to Georgia on 11 June 2025.[15]
Career statistics
- As of match played 22 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | Polish Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lech Poznań II | 2022–23[16] | II liga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[17] | II liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26[18] | III liga, group II | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Lech Poznań | 2022–23[16] | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023–24[17] | Ekstraklasa | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25[19] | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26[18] | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Total | 66 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 85 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 1 | ||
- Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, eight appearances in UEFA Conference League
- Appearance in Polish Super Cup
Honours
Lech Poznań