Bartłomiej Drągowski

Bartłomiej Drągowski (Polish pronunciation: [barˈtwɔmjɛj drɔŋˈɡɔfskʲi]; born 19 August 1997) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Spezia and the Poland national team. He began his career with Polish side Jagiellonia Białystok where he made over 60 appearances before joining Fiorentina in 2016.

Bartłomiej Drągowski
Drągowski playing for Spezia in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997
Place of birth Białystok, Poland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Spezia
Number 69
Youth career
2010–2012 MOSP Jagiellonia Białystok
2012–2013 Jagiellonia Białystok
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Jagiellonia Białystok II 16 (0)
2014–2016 Jagiellonia Białystok 64 (0)
2016–2022 Fiorentina 81 (0)
2019 → Empoli (loan) 14 (0)
2022– Spezia 40 (0)
International career‡
2011 Poland U15 1 (0)
2012–2013 Poland U16 6 (0)
2013–2014 Poland U17 8 (0)
2014–2016 Poland U19 10 (0)
2015–2017 Poland U20 5 (0)
2015–2019 Poland U21 6 (0)
2020– Poland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:07, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2022

Drągowski was born in Białystok, Poland.

Club career

Jagiellonia Białystok

An academy graduate of the former club himself, Drągowski made his Ekstraklasa debut at the age of 16 in a 4–4 draw with Korona Kielce on 27 May 2014.[2] In August, he was given the opportunity to stand in goal for Jagiellonia as a substitute following the dismissal of Jakub Słowik in a match against Śląsk Wrocław. Following his performance during the match, Drągowski retained the number one jersey and at the season, his first full campaign in professional football, he was named the division's Best Goalkeeper, Discovery of the Season and voted third-best player overall.[2] He ultimately made 69 appearances for the club across all competitions, including in which were appearances in the league, Polish Cup and UEFA Europa League.[3]

Fiorentina

On 4 July 2016, he signed a five-year contract with Serie A side Fiorentina.[4] He endured a difficult first season at the club, finding himself as third-choice goalkeeper behind Ciprian Tătărușanu and Luca Lezzerini, and later Marco Sportiello, before picking up a knee injury which ruled him out for several months. His debut, and only league appearance for the season, came on the final day of the campaign when he started in a 2–2 draw with Pescara.[5][6]

Loan to Empoli

On 22 January 2019, Drągowski joined to Empoli on loan until 30 June 2019.[7] He made the headlines after keeping a clean sheet and having made 17 saves in the Serie A match against Atalanta on 15 April, a new league record. In total, he faced 47 shots, of which 18 were on target.[8][9]

Spezia
Drągowski (goalkeeper in red, number 69) with Spezia during a match

On 10 August 2022, Drągowski joined Serie A club Spezia on a three-year deal.[10]

International career

Youth teams

Drągowski has represented Poland at various youth levels since his debut for the U17 side in 2014. In June 2017, he was one of 23 players named in the U21 squad by Marcin Dorna for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, for which Poland were the hosts.[11]

Senior team

In October 2020 he had called up to the national team for 2020–21 UEFA Nations League and friendly matches against Finland, Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He made his national team debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Finland.[12]

In September 2022, Drągowski was named in the final Polish 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but he had to miss out the tournament due to an injury and he was replaced by Kamil Grabara.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 June 2023[13][14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jagiellonia Białystok II 2013–14 III liga 140–––140
2014–15 III liga 20–––20
Total160–––160
Jagiellonia Białystok 2013–14 Ekstraklasa 10–––10
2014–15 Ekstraklasa 29010––300
2015–16 Ekstraklasa 340004[lower-alpha 2]0–380
Total6401040–690
Fiorentina 2016–17 Serie A 100000–10
2017–18 Serie A 3020––50
2018–19 Serie A 3000––30
2019–20 Serie A 31010––320
2020–21 Serie A 36000––360
2021–22 Serie A 7020––90
Total 8105000–860
Empoli (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 14000––140
Spezia 2022–23 Serie A 34000–1[lower-alpha 3]0350
Career total 20906040102200
  1. Includes Polish Cup and Coppa Italia
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Serie A relegation play-off

International
As of match played 8 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 202010
202210
Total20

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Bartłomiej Drągowski". Spezia Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. Koźmiński, Piotr (24 October 2015). "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Bartłomiej Drągowski". UEFA. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "Official: Fiorentina sign Dragowski". Football Italia. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. "Dragowski e' un Calciatore della Fiorentina" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. "Which Viola youngsters should go out on loan?". Viola Nation. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. Kmita, Maciej (29 July 2017). "Bartłomiej Drągowski przed wielką szansą". Sportowe Fakty (in Polish). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. "UFFICIALE: Fiorentina, ecco Terracciano. All'Empoli va Dragowski" (in Italian). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  8. "Atalanta fail to score with 47 shots in 0-0 draw with Empoli". BBC Sport. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. Smith, Jamie (15 April 2019). "Empoli's Dragowski sets Serie A record with clean sheet despite facing 47 Atalanta shots". Goal. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  10. "UFFICIALE: Bartlomiej Dragowski è un nuovo giocatore dello Spezia" (in Italian). Spezia. 10 August 2022.
  11. "Powołania do reprezentacji Polski na UEFA EURO U21". Laczy Nas Pilka (in Polish). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  12. "Poland v Finland game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  13. Bartłomiej Drągowski at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
  14. Bartłomiej Drągowski at Soccerway
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