Krzysztof Król

Krzysztof Król
Personal information
Full name	Krzysztof Łukasz Król
Date of birth	6 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Górnik Radlin
	WSP Wodzisław Śląski
	Amica Wronki
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2007	Dyskobolia Grodzisk
2007	Real Madrid C
2007–2008	Real Madrid Castilla
2008–2011	Jagiellonia Białystok
2010	→ Chicago Fire (loan)
2011	→ Polonia Bytom (loan)
2011–2012	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
2013	Sheriff Tiraspol
2013–2014	Piast Gliwice
2014	Montreal Impact
2015–2016	Kalloni
2016	A.A.C. Eagles
International career
2007	Poland U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Krzysztof Łukasz Król (born 6 February 1987) is a Polish former professional footballer who is a coach for the American under-12 team of the Elmhurst City Soccer Association (ECSA).

Career

Król played with the youth teams of Górnik Radlin, WSP Wodzisław Śląski and Amica Wronki, before signing his first professional contract with Dyskobolia Grodzisk in 2006. He made his professional debut for Grodzisk in the Polish Ekstraklasa in August 2006.

In early 2007 Król joined Real Madrid's third team. At the start of the 2007–08 season he was briefly promoted to Real Madrid Castilla but did not make any appearances. In July 2008, having failed to make an impression in Spain, he returned to his native Poland and signed a three-year contract with Jagiellonia Białystok.^[2]

In January 2010 Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer signed the Polish defender from Jagiellonia on a one-year loan deal.^[3] He made his MLS debut on April 3, 2010 against Colorado Rapids.

On November 24, 2010, it was announced that the Chicago Fire parted ways with Krol.^[4]

In July 2011, he joined Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała on a two-year contract.^[5]

Król signed for Impact de Montréal on June 26, 2014. On 24 June 2015, he signed with Greek side AEL Kalloni on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.^[6]

Personal life

On June 17, 2010, he married model Patrycja Mikula.^[7] On March 19, 2011, nine months after their wedding, Mikula gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Cristiano.^[8]