Lukas Podolski

**Lukas Josef Podolski** (; born **Łukasz Józef Podolski**, , on 4 June 1985) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|1. FC Köln II|2002–03|Regionalliga Nord|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0|||||
|2003–04|Regionalliga Nord|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0|||||||
|rowspan="4"|1. FC Köln|2003–04|Bundesliga|19|10|1|0|—|—|—|20|10||||
|2004–05|2. Bundesliga|30|24|2|5|—|—|—|32|29||||||
|2005–06|Bundesliga|32|12|1|0|—|—|—|33|12||||||
|rowspan="4"|Bayern Munich|2006–07|Bundesliga|22|4|3|2|2|0|7|1|—|34|7||
|2007–08|Bundesliga|25|5|4|0|0|0|12|5|—|41|10||||
|2008–09|Bundesliga|24|6|3|1|—|4|2|—|31|9|||||
|Bayern Munich II|2007–08|Regionalliga Süd|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0||||||
|rowspan="4"|1. FC Köln|2009–10|Bundesliga|27|2|4|1|—|—|—|31|3||||
|2010–11|Bundesliga|32|13|2|1|—|—|—|34|14||||||
|2011–12|Bundesliga|29|18|2|0|—|—|—|31|18||||||
|rowspan="4"|Arsenal|2012–13|Premier League|33|11|2|1|1|0|6|4|—|42|16||
|2013–14|Premier League|20|8|4|3|0|0|3|1|—|27|12||||
|2014–15|Premier League|7|0|0|0|1|0|5|3|—|13|3||||
|Inter Milan (loan)|2014–15|Serie A|17|1|1|0|—|—|—|18|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Galatasaray|2015–16|Süper Lig|30|13|4|2|—|8|2|1|0|43|17||
|2016–17|Süper Lig|26|7|5|10|—|—|1|0|32|17|||||
|rowspan="4"|Vissel Kobe|2017|J1 League|15|5|1|0|2|0|—|—|18|5|||
|2018|J1 League|24|5|1|0|1|2|—|—|26|7|||||
||2019|J1 League|13|5|3|0|0|0|—|—|16|5||||
|rowspan="3"|Antalyaspor|2019–20|Süper Lig|9|2|2|0|—|—|—|11|2||||
|2020–21|Süper Lig|31|4|5|1|—|—|—|36|5||||||
|rowspan="4"|Górnik Zabrze|2021–22|Ekstraklasa|27|9|3|0|—|—|—|30|9||||
|2022–23|Ekstraklasa|29|6|2|2|—|—|—|31|8||||||
|2023–24|Ekstraklasa|18|3|2|0|—|—|—|20|3||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Germany|2004|8|2|
|2005|12|8|||
|2006|17|12|||
|2007|7|2|||
|2008|16|7|||
|2009|9|6|||
|2010|14|5|||
|2011|12|1|||
|2012|11|1|||
|2013|5|2|||
|2014|10|1|||
|2015|5|1|||
|2016|3|0|||
|2017|1|1|||

- _Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Podolski goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|21 December 2004|Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand||3–1|5–1|Friendly|||||||
|2|5–1|||||||||||||
|3|26 March 2005|Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|4|4 June 2005|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland||4–1|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|5|15 June 2005|Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany||4–2|4–3|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||
|6|25 June 2005|Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany||1–1|2–3|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||
|7|29 June 2005|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany||1–0|4–3|2005 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||
|align="center"|8|7 September 2005|Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin, Germany||1–0|4–2|Friendly|||||||
|9|3–1|||||||||||||
|10|4–2|||||||||||||
|align="center"|11|27 May 2006|Badenova Stadion, Freiburg, Germany||3–0|7–0|Friendly|||||||
|12|5–0|||||||||||||
|13|20 June 2006|Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin, Germany||3–0|3–0|2006 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|14|24 June 2006|Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany||1–0|2–0|2006 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|15|2–0|||||||||||||
|16|2 September 2006|Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|17|6 September 2006|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino||1–0|13–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|||||||
|18|5–0|||||||||||||
|19|8–0|||||||||||||
|20|10–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|21|11 October 2006|Tehelné Pole Stadion, Bratislava, Slovakia||1–0|4–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|||||||
|22|4–1|||||||||||||
|23|12 September 2007|Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany||3–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|24|17 November 2007|AWD Arena, Hanover, Germany||3–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|25|26 March 2008|St. Jakob Park, Basel, Switzerland||4–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|26|8 June 2008|Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2008|||||||
|27|2–0|||||||||||||
|28|12 June 2008|Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria||1–2|1–2|UEFA Euro 2008||||||||
|align="center"|29|6 September 2008|Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein||1–0|6–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||
|30|2–0|||||||||||||
|31|11 October 2008|Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany||1–0|2–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|32|28 March 2009|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany||4–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|33|29 May 2009|Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|34|9 September 2009|AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany||4–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|35|14 October 2009|HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg, Germany||1–1|1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|align="center"|36|18 November 2009|Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany||1–0|2–2|Friendly|||||||
|37|2–2|||||||||||||
|38|29 May 2010|Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|39|13 June 2010|Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa||1–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|40|28 June 2010|Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa||2–0|4–1|2010 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|41|7 September 2010|RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany||2–0|6–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|42|12 October 2010|Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan||3–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|43|2 September 2011|Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany||3–0|6–2|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|44|17 June 2012|Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2012||||||||
|align="center"|45|29 May 2013|FAU Stadium, Miami, United States||1–0|4–2|Friendly|||||||
|46|3–0|||||||||||||
|47|6 June 2014|Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany||2–1|6–1|Friendly||||||||
|48|25 March 2015|Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|49|22 March 2017|Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**1. FC Köln**
- 2. Bundesliga: 2004–05

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2007–08
- DFB-Pokal: 2007–08
- DFL-Ligapokal: 2007

**Arsenal**
- FA Cup: 2013–14
- FA Community Shield: 2014

**Galatasaray**
- Turkish Cup: 2015–16
- Turkish Super Cup: 2015, 2016

**Vissel Kobe**
- Emperor's Cup: 2019

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 2014; third place: 2006, 2010
- UEFA European Championship runner-up 2008

**Individual**
- 2.Bundesliga Top scorer: 2004–05
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 2006
- Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2006, 2010, 2014
- Silver Shoe: Euro 2008
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2010–11
- Goal of the Year (Germany): 2017
- Ekstraklasa Top assists provider: 2022–23

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Lukas Podolski
- **image**: Lukas Podolski 2023.jpg
- **caption**: Podolski playing for Górnik Zabrze in 2023
- **fullname**: Lukas Josef Podolski
- **birth name**: Łukasz Józef Podolski
- **birth place**: Gliwice, Poland
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: Górnik Zabrze
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 1991–1995
- **youthclubs1**: FC 07 Bergheim
- **youthyears2**: 1995–2003
- **youthclubs2**: 1. FC Köln
- **years1**: 2003–2004
- **clubs1**: 1. FC Köln II
- **caps1**: 2
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2003–2006
- **clubs2**: 1. FC Köln
- **caps2**: 81
- **goals2**: 46
- **years3**: 2006–2009
- **clubs3**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps3**: 71
- **goals3**: 15
- **years4**: 2007–2008
- **clubs4**: FC Bayern Munich II, Bayern Munich II
- **caps4**: 2
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2009–2012
- **clubs5**: 1. FC Köln
- **caps5**: 88
- **goals5**: 33
- **years6**: 2012–2015
- **clubs6**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps6**: 60
- **goals6**: 19
- **years7**: 2015
- **clubs7**: → Inter Milan (loan)
- **caps7**: 17
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2015–2017
- **clubs8**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **caps8**: 56
- **goals8**: 20
- **years9**: 2017–2020
- **clubs9**: Vissel Kobe
- **caps9**: 52
- **goals9**: 15
- **years10**: 2020–2021
- **clubs10**: Antalyaspor
- **caps10**: 40
- **goals10**: 6
- **years11**: 2021–
- **clubs11**: Górnik Zabrze
- **caps11**: 74
- **goals11**: 18
- **nationalyears1**: 2001–2002
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 4
- **nationalyears3**: 2003
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 3
- **nationalgoals3**: 6
- **nationalyears4**: 2004
- **nationalteam4**: Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 5
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2004–2017
- **nationalteam5**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps5**: 130
- **nationalgoals5**: 49
- **pcupdate**: 23:00, 9 March 2024 (UTC)