Mateusz Bogusz

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Mateusz Bogusz
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Personal information
Full name Mateusz Piotr Bogusz[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Ruda Śląska, Poland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ibiza
(on loan from Leeds United)
Number 19
Youth career
Gwiazda Ruda Śląska
2011–2018 Ruch Chorzów
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Ruch Chorzów 32 (5)
2019– Leeds United 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Logroñés (loan) 23 (1)
2021– → Ibiza (loan) 20 (4)
National team‡
2017 Poland U16 1 (0)
2017–2018 Poland U17 15 (1)
2018 Poland U19 7 (2)
2019 Poland U20 3 (0)
2019– Poland U21 18 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:30, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Mateusz Piotr Bogusz (born 22 August 2001) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ibiza on loan from English club Leeds United. He also represents the Poland national under-21 team. Bogusz started his career at Polish side Ruch Chorzów, before signing for Leeds United in January 2019. He made his league debut for the club in July 2020, before spending the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons on loan in the Segunda División.

Club career[]

Ruch Chorzów[]

Born in Ruda Śląska, Bogusz started his youth career at Polish side Ruch Chorzów before making his first-team debut at 16 years old during the 2017–18 I liga in I liga on 4 March 2018 in a 2–0 win against Bytovia Bytów.[2]

In 2018, his impressive form for the side meant that Bogusz was offered a trial at Italian Serie A Side S.S.C. Napoli,[3] however he was not granted permission by Ruch Chorzów.[4] He made 13 appearances for the side during the 2017–18 season but was unable to prevent Ruch Chorzów being relegated from I liga.[5]

Despite being just 16, he was given the number 10 shirt for the 2018/19 season.[6] He scored his first goal for Ruch Chorzów on 27 October 2018 against Błękitni Stargard.[7] He scored his sixth goal of the II liga season on 19 January 2019 in a 4–1 win against Ruch Radzionków in what appeared to be his final game for the club,[8] as on 22 January 2019, Ruch Chorzów announced that a fee had been agreed with English Championship side Leeds United to sign the player.[9]

Leeds United[]

Bogusz joined English EFL Championship side Leeds United on 29 January 2019 for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.[10] He became Leeds' second signing of the 2019 January transfer window after the signing of Kiko Casilla.[11] He was part of Carlos Corberán's Leeds United under 23's side that won the PDL Northern League 2018–19 season, before becoming the national Professional Development League champions following victory over Birmingham City in the final.[12][13] He was named in the first-team squad for the first time on 28 April 2019 as an unused substitute in a 1–1 draw against Aston Villa and featured on the bench three more times that season.[14]

Bogusz featured in the club's first-team during the pre-season ahead of the 2019–20 season, featuring in 16 Marcelo Bielsa's 16-man squad for Leeds' pre-season tour of Australia for matches against Manchester United and West Sydney Wanderers, and scoring against the latter.[15][16] He made his senior debut for Leeds on 27 August 2019 in an EFL Cup match against Stoke City, with Leeds losing on 4–5 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in normal time.[17][18] After the English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was resumed during June, where Leeds earned promotion to the Premier League as Championship champions for the 2019–20 season,[19] with Bogusz making his league debut for the club in the final game of the season in a 4–0 victory against Charlton Athletic.[20]

His first start of the 2020–21 season came on 16 September 2020 for Premier League Leeds in a 1–1 draw against EFL League One side Hull City in the EFL Cup, with Hull winning 9-8 on penalties.[21] Bogusz was then named as an unused substitute in the following Premier League game against Fulham on 19 September after an injury to Pablo Hernández.[22] Bogusz signed a new three-year contract with Leeds on 11 August 2020.[23] On 5 October 2020, deadline day, Bogusz joined Spanish Segunda División side Logroñés on loan for the 2020–21.[24] He scored once in 24 appearances as the club finished 20th in the league and were relegated.[14][25]

On 7 July 2021, Bogusz was again loaned out to Spain, this time joining newly-promoted Segunda División side Ibiza on a season-long deal.[26]

International career[]

Bogusz has represented Poland at international level at several age groups.[27] On 13 May 2019, Bogusz was called up to the Poland U20 for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

On 19 August 2019, Bogusz was called up to the Poland U21s for the first time for matches against Latvia U21 and Estonia U21s in September 2019.[28] With Bogusz making his Poland U21s debut on 10 September against Estonia U21s in a 4–0 win.[29] On 5 September 2020, Bogusz scored his first goals for Poland U21s by scoring a brace in a 6-0 win against Estonia U21s.[30]

Style of play[]

Bogusz plays mainly as an attacking midfielder in the number 10 role. In Poland he was known for his technical ability and eye for goal.[31] He can also play as a central midfielder or as a deep-lying midfielder.[32][33]

Career statistics[]

As of 21 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ruch Chorzów 2017–18[14] I liga 13 0 1 0 — — 14 0
2018–19[14] II liga 19 5 0 0 — — 19 5
Total 32 5 1 0 — 0 0 33 5
Leeds United 2018–19[34] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20[35] Championship 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2020–21[36] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Logroñés (loan) 2020–21[14] Segunda División 23 1 1 0 — — 24 1
Ibiza (loan) 2021–22[14] Segunda División 17 3 2 0 — — 19 3
Career total 73 9 4 0 2 0 0 0 79 9

Honours[]

Leeds United

References[]

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  8. ^ "Ruch Chorzow 4 Ruch Radzionków 1". Ruch Chorzów. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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