Bartosz Bialkowski

Bartosz Marek Bialkowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbartɔʐ bʲawˈkɔfski] (listen); born 6 July 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Millwall and the Poland national team.

He began his career playing in his native Poland, before moving to Southampton in 2006. After six years at Southampton, he joined Notts County where he spent two seasons before joining Ipswich Town in 2014. He spent six years at Ipswich before joining Millwall on a permanent transfer in January 2020.

Bialkowski has also represented his country at international level, making his senior debut for Poland in 2018.

Club Career

Gornik Zabrze

Born in Braniewo, Poland, Bialkowski made his Polish league debut on 30 October 2004 for Gornik Zabrze in a 3–1 away defeat to Dyskobolia Grodzisk. He came off the bench to replace first-choice keeper Piotr Lech who had been sent off for a second yellow card just two minutes prior to Bialkowski entering the field in the 69th minute of the game.

Southampton

On 9 January 2006, Bialkowski signed for Southampton. His debut game was against Crystal Palace on 25 January 2006, which resulted in a 0–0 draw. He also appeared for the first time in the FA Cup, in the 1–0 win against Leicester City on 28 January 2006.

Bialkowski was injured for the end of the 2005–06 season and for the early part of the 2006–07 season, having fallen awkwardly trying to collect the ball in a 5th round FA Cup tie against Newcastle on 18 February 2006. George Burley could not substitute him as the manager had used three substitutes already. Dexter Blackstock replaced Bialkowski and prevented Albert Luque from scoring his first Newcastle goal.

After waiting for his chance after returning to fitness, Bialkowski returned to Southampton's starting line-up against Colchester United on 16 March 2007 as a result of a three-match suspension for Kelvin Davis. He retained his place after Davis became available again

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