Przemysław Frankowski

Przemysław Frankowski

Frankowski with Lens in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Przemysław Adam Frankowski[1]
Date of birth	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Gdańsk, Poland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Wing-back, winger
Team information
Current team	Lens
Number	29
Youth career
2008–2012	Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Lechia Gdańsk	41	(2)
2014–2019	Jagiellonia Białystok	140	(24)
2019–2021	Chicago Fire	63	(10)
2021–	Lens	121	(18)
International career^‡
2011	Poland U16	1	(0)
2013	Poland U18	1	(0)
2013	Poland U19	6	(1)
2015	Poland U20	5	(2)
2015–2017	Poland U21	12	(0)
2018–	Poland	47	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:19, 26 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Przemysław Adam Frankowski (born 12 April 1995) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a wing-back or winger for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Poland national team.

Club career

Jagiellonia Białystok

On 1 August 2014, Frankowski signed a three-year contract with Jagiellonia Białystok.[2]

Frankowski made his Europa League debut on 9 July 2015 in an 8–0 win against Kruoja Pakruojis being substituted in the 62 min. for Piotr Grzelczak. He scored a hat-trick scoring goals in the 64th, 75th and 80th minutes.[3] He also made appearances against Omonia Nicosia.

Chicago Fire

On 22 January 2019, Frankowski moved to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire.[4] he debuted for Chicago Fire in a 2–1 loss against LA Galaxy on 3 March 2019.[5] The following week, on 9 March 2019, he got his first assist for the club after crossing the ball into the box, which led to C. J. Sapong scoring a goal and tying up the game in stoppage time.[6] Frankowski's first goal for the Fire came on 8 May 2019 when he scored the fifth goal of the night in the 89th minute in a 5–0 win against New England Revolution.[7][8]

Lens

Frankowski with Lens in 2023 during training

On 5 August 2021, Frankowski signed for Ligue 1 club Lens for a reported €2.3 million.[9][10][11]

International career

Frankowski debuted for the Polish senior squad in a 1–0 friendly loss against Nigeria.[12] He was subbed out in the 81st minute. In May 2018, he was named in Poland's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[13] However, he did not make the final 23.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 January 2025[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lechia Gdańsk	2012–13	Ekstraklasa	8	1	0	0	—		8	1
	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	33	1	3	1	—		36	2
	Total		41	2	3	1	0	0	44	3
Jagiellonia Białystok	2014–15	Ekstraklasa	28	3	2	0	—		30	3
	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	31	6	2	1	3[b]	3	36	10
	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	35	8	1	0	—		36	8
	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	31	4	0	0	0	0	31	4
	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	15	3	3	0	4[b]	0	22	2
	Total		140	24	6	1	7	3	153	28
Chicago Fire	2019	Major League Soccer	31	5	0	0	1[c]	0	32	5
	2020	Major League Soccer	19[d]	3	—		—		19	3
	2021	Major League Soccer	13	2	—		—		13	2
	Total		63	10	0	0	1	0	64	10
Lens	2021–22	Ligue 1	37	6	3	0	—		40	6
	2022–23	Ligue 1	37	5	4	0	—		41	5
	2023–24	Ligue 1	30	3	1	0	8[e]	1	39	4
	2024–25	Ligue 1	17	4	1	0	2[f]	1	20	5
	Total		121	18	9	0	10	2	140	20
Career total			365	54	18	2	18	5	401	61

1. Includes Polish Cup, Coupe de France
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Leagues Cup
4. Includes three appearances in MLS is Back Tournament group stage
5. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 12 October 2024[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2018	4	0
	2019	6	1
	2021	12	0
	2022	8	0
	2023	8	1
	2024	9	1
Total		47	3

Frankowski with Poland in 2019

As of match played 21 March 2024

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Frankowski goal.

List of international goals scored by Przemysław Frankowski

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 October 2019	National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	North Macedonia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
2	21 November 2023	National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Latvia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3	21 March 2024	National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Estonia	1–0	5–1	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Jagiellonia Białystok

• Ekstraklasa runner-up: 2016–17, 2017–18^[citation needed]

Lens

• Ligue 1 runner-up: 2022–23

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: September 2016[17]

References

1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Poland (POL)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 21. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
2. "Przemysław Frankowski w Jagiellonii" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
3. "Pokruojeni" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
4. "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Acquires Polish National Team Midfielder Przemysław Frankowski". chicagofirefc.com. Chicago Fire FC. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
5. "Frankowski Is The Accam Replacement The Fire Desperately Needed". Hot Time in Old Town. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
6. "Sapong's header in 2nd-half stoppage time ties it at 1". Washington Post. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.^[dead link‍]
7. "Nikolic scores 2 goals, Fire top Revolution 5-0". washingtonpost.com. 8 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
8. "Pierwszy gol za oceanem. Frankowski trafił w MLS" (in Polish). Przeglad Sportowy. 9 May 2019.
9. "Chicago Fire FC Agrees to Transfer Midfielder Przemysław Frankowski to Ligue 1 Club RC Lens | Chicago Fire FC".
10. "Przemysław Frankowski, entre tradition et modernité". 5 August 2021.
11. "One to Watch: Przemysław Frankowski". Ligue 1. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
12. "Polska 0–1 Nigeria: Przemysław Frankowski zadebiutował w reprezentacji". Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). 23 March 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
13. Farid, Mohamed (18 May 2018). "Know every World Cup preliminary squad". Egypt Today. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
14. "Robert Lewandowski stars in Poland's 23-man squad for World Cup 2018". Poland Inside. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
15. "P. Frankowski". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
16. "Frankowski, Przemysław". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
17. "Przemysław Frankowski piłkarzem września". Białystok Online (in Polish). 23 October 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

External links

• Przemysław Frankowski at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Przemysław Frankowski at Soccerway
• Przemysław Frankowski – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)