Bartosz Bereszynski

Bartosz Bereszynski (born 12 July 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Sampdoria and the Poland national team.

Club Career

Born in Poznan, Bereszynski played youth football with TPS Winogrady Poznan, Poznaniak Poznan, Warta Poznan and Lech Poznan. He played senior football with Lech Poznan, Warta Poznan and Legia Warsaw. While with Lech Poznan, 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 "Judas" and received a violent reaction from the Lech fans.

Bereszynski was sent off in the last round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League 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. 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 Celtic F.C. 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 win for Celtic. This made the Scottish team winners on the away goals rule.

In January 2017, Bereszynski moved to Italy, signing a four-year deal with Sampdoria.

International Career

He made his senior international debut for Poland in 2013.

In May 2018 he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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