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List of Poland international footballers born outside Poland

A number of the male footballers who have reached international status with Poland were not born in the country. Some were born outside of the country and moved there at a young age while others became naturalised citizens of Poland. The Poland national football team was formed in 1921 and exists to this day, with a break between 1939 and 1946 during World War II. During this period, Poland underwent significant territorial changes after the war, involving the loss of its eastern territories to the Soviet Union and the acquisition of western lands previously belonging to Germany. The following list takes these changes into account. For example, Kazimierz Górski, born in 1921 in Lviv, is not included on this list, whereas Taras Romanczuk, born in 1991 in Kovel, is, because both cities were part of Poland before 1945, but since then they are part of Ukraine.

List of players

Name[1] Poland caps Years active Date of Country of birth Place of birth
Jerzy Bułanow 22 1922–1935  Russian Empire Moscow
Aleksander Tupalski 3 1925–1926  Germany Gelsenkirchen
Stefan Kisieliński 6 1926–1928  Czechia (then  Austro-Hungary) Moravská Ostrava
Witold Wypijewski 5 1928–1934  Uzbekistan (then  Russian Empire) Tashkent
Leon Radojewski 1 1932  Germany Datteln
Hieronim Schwartz 1 1936  Germany Berlin
Antoni Böttcher 1 1937  Germany Berlin
Adolf Krzyk 6 1937–1939  Czechia (then  Austro-Hungary) Moravská Ostrava
Franciszek Sobkowiak 1 1938  Germany Essen
Józef Oprych 1 1948  Czechia (then  Czechoslovakia) Moravská Ostrava
Henryk Bobula 5 1948  Russia Omsk
Rudolf Patkolo 3 1949–1952  Hungary Budapest
Jan Wiśniewski 9 1949–1952  Denmark Ringsted
Czesław Ciupa 3 1956–1957  France Mont-Bonvillers
Jan Liberda 35 1959–1967 26 November 1936  Germany Bytom
Marian Kielec 1 1962  Romania Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Paweł (Werner) Orzechowski 4 1964–1966 15 December 1941  Germany Bytom
Jan Banaś 31 1964–1973  Germany Berlin
Piotr Czaja 2 1970  Germany Lindenbrück
Tadeusz Polak 2 1972  Austria (then  Germany) Kleinreifling
Emmanuel Olisadebe 25 2000–2004  Nigeria Warri
Vahan Gevorgyan 1 2004  Armenia Yerevan
Roger Guerreiro 25 2008–2011  Brazil São Paulo
Ludovic Obraniak 34 2009–2014  France Longeville-lès-Metz
Damien Perquis 14 2011–2013  France Troyes
Thiago Cionek 21 2014–2018  Brazil Curitiba
Taras Romanczuk 5 2018–  Ukraine Kovel
Matty Cash 15 2021–  England Slough
Nicola Zalewski 27 2021–  Italy Tivoli
Maxi Oyedele 2 2024–  England Salford

List by country of birth

Country Total
 Germany 9
 France 3
 Czechia 3
 Russia 2
 England 2
 Brazil 2
 Hungary 1
 Romania 1
 Denmark 1
 Nigeria 1
 Armenia 1
 Ukraine 1
 Italy 1
 Uzbekistan 1
 Austria 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gdzie rodzą się reprezentanci? - Polsat Sport". www.polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Poland_international_footballers_born_outside_Poland