Taras Romanczuk

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Taras Romanczuk
Personal information
Full name Taras Viktorovych Romanchuk
Date of birth (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Kovel, Ukraine
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Jagiellonia Białystok
Number 6
Youth career
2004–2005 MFK Kovel
2005 BRW-BIK Volodymyr-Volynskyi
2006–2008 MFK Kovel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Apperkot Kovel (futsal) 34 (13)
2013–2014 Legionovia Legionowo 45 (3)
2014– Jagiellonia Białystok 237 (26)
National team‡
2018 Poland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2021

Taras Romanczuk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtaras roˈmantʂuk] also spelled Romanchuk, Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Романчук; born 14 November 1991) is a Ukrainian-born Polish naturalized football player who plays as a midfielder for Jagiellonia Białystok in the Polish Ekstraklasa.

Career[]

After starting his youth career for MFK Kovel and BRW-BIK (both Volhynian youth clubs) at Ukrainian Youth Football League, Romanczuk played for Ukrainian mini-football club Apperkot Kovel, making his debut in 2010.

Legionovia Legionowo[]

In February 2013, he joined Legionovia Legionowo in the II liga in 2013. made his debut on April 13, 2013 during the league match against , when in the 46th minute he replaced Łukasz Prusik on the pitch. He scored his first goal on June 5, 2013 in a 3-0 league win against .[1] Legionovia finished that season as the winner of the Polish Third Division, thus ensuring the promotion to the I liga.

Jagiellonia[]

On 21 July 2014, he joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok on a one-year contract with the option of extending for another two years[2] He made his debut on 15 August 2014, replacing Jonatan Straus in the 46th minute of the league match against Legia Warsaw. His first goal for Jagiellonia recorded on 9 November 2014 during 2-5 mach against Ruch Chorzów.[3]

On 2 July 2015 Romanczuk made his European debut in a 1-0 win against FK Kruoja Pakruojis in the UEFA Europa League.[4] In the summer of 2016, Turkish side Konyaspor had a bid rejected for the player. He became vice-captain to the Captain Rafał Grzyb.[5]

During the 2016–17 Ekstraklasa season, Romanczuk impressed helping Jagiellonia Białystok to a runners up finish for the first time in their history in the Ekstraklasa, 2 points behind the winners Legia Warsaw.[6] and at the beginning of January 2017 he was honoured with the award of the best defensive midfielder of Ekstraklasa in 2016.[7] During the 2017–18 Ekstraklasa, he helped reach Jagiellonia Białystok to a 2nd-place finish for the second season running, after finishing 3 points behind to Champions Legia Warsaw.[8]

International career[]

Romanczuk received Polish citizenship on 15 March 2018 making him eligible for the Polish national team.[9] Taras was called up for friendly's against Nigeria and South Korea subsequently making his debut against South Korea, playing 61 minutes before being subbed for Arkadiusz Milik.[10]

In May 2018, he was a surprise omission from the initial 35 man preliminary Poland squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11]

Personal life[]

Romanczuk was born and raised in Ukraine, but has spent all of his professional career in Poland. He also has Polish roots on one side of his family: his great-grandfather was a farmer from Sobibór and his grandmother was born in Włodawa (1939).

He received Polish citizenship in March 2018.[9]

Career statistics[]

As of 12 December 2021
Club Season League League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Legionovia Legionowo 2012–13 III liga 13 1 — — — 13 1
2013–14 II liga 32 2 — — — 32 2
Total 45 3 — — — 45 3
Jagiellonia Białystok 2014–15 Ekstraklasa 27 4 2 0 — — 29 4
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 33 3 2 0 4 0 — 39 3
2016–17 Ekstraklasa 33 5 2 0 — — 35 5
2017–18 Ekstraklasa 33 5 1 0 4 1 — 38 6
2018–19 Ekstraklasa 33 1 5 2 4 2 — 42 5
2019–20 Ekstraklasa 35 3 1 0 — — 36 3
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 25 2 1 0 — — 26 2
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 18 3 1 0 — — 19 3
Total 237 26 15 2 12 3 0 0 264 31
Career total 282 29 15 2 12 3 0 0 309 34

International[]

As of 8 September 2021
National team Year Apps Goals
Poland
2018 1 0
Total 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=pl&sp=nmt4&u=http://www.90minut.pl/mecz.php%3Fid_mecz%3D874667&xid=17259,15700022,15700124,15700149,15700168,15700186,15700190,15700201,15700208&usg=ALkJrhiBNHFLoJzfKNXSWBTHxNIHZTebxw
  2. ^ Т.Романчук: "Яґеллонія — мій шанс розвиватися далі" (in Ukrainian). football.ua. 27 December 2014.
  3. ^ "T-Mobile Ekstraklasa: Ruch Chorzów - Jagiellonia Białystok 5:2". 9 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Jagiellonia zwycięża w końcówce".
  5. ^ "TARAS ROMANCZUK AND RAFAŁ GRZYB BEFORE THE MATCH AGAINST RIO AVE" (in Polish). Jagiellonia. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Feta w Białymstoku. Jagiellonia wicemistrzem Polski (Zdjęcia, wideo)". 4 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Taras Romanczuk najlepszym defensywnym pomocnikiem 2016 roku". 9 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Jagiellonia wygrała z Wisłą Płock. Jednak to nie wystarczyło, by zostać mistrzem" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Taras Romanczuk został obywatelem Polski. "To wyjątkowy dzień w moim życiu"" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Brawa dla Romanczuka. Udany debiut zawodnika Jagiellonii" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Country switch by Romanczuk backfires with Polish World Cup snub". 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

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