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Mateusz Andrzej Klich is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leeds United and the Poland national team.
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Born in Tarnów, Klich debuted in the Ekstraklasa in November 2008.
Wolfsburg paid €1.5 million for Klich, making him the most valuable player in Cracovia's club history.
Klich was sent on loan to Dutch club PEC Zwolle for half a season before making the transfer permanent for a fee reported as €200,000, with Wolfsburg securing a repurchase option.
In June 2014 Wolfsburg exercised their repurchase option for Klich.
After an initial bid was rejected, on 23 June 2017, Klich signed a three-year deal with English club Leeds United for an undisclosed fee.
On 9 August, he made his first-team debut in a 4-1 League Cup victory against Port Vale, and his League debut 10 days later in a 2-0 win against Sunderland.
His first and only League start for the season came on 26 September 2017, in the defeat against Cardiff City with Klich slipping and losing possession leading to a goal from Kenneth Zohore.
Klich revealed that he felt his unfortunate slip led to him being dropped by the then manager Thomas Christiansen.
On 22 January 2018, Klich joined Dutch club FC Utrecht on a six-month loan from Leeds United until the end of the 2017-18 season.
On 22 January 2018, Klich was sent on loan at FC Utrecht until the end of the season.
On 4 February 2018, Klich made his debut in a 2-2 draw against Excelsior.
On 29 April 2018, in Utrecht's 2-2 draw against Heracles Almelo, Klich according to Opta Stats created 11 chances and gained an assist and man of the match award in the match; the chance creation by Klich was the highest number of chances created in a single Eredivisie match since Christian Eriksen for Ajax in 2012 against Roda JC. On 6 May 2018, on the final day of the season, Klich scored the winner for Utrecht in a 1-0 victory against VVV-Venlo.
Klich impressed for Utrecht during the loan spell and helped them finish 5th and into the Eredivisie Europa League playoffs.
After returning to Leeds for the start of pre-season under new Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa, Klich made his first appearance back at Leeds in the pre-season friendly 1-1 draw against York City on 20 July 2018, where he played in a new centre-back role before reverting to a deep-lying playmaker position in the second half.
He scored his first league goal for Leeds in the opening game of the 2018-19 season on 5 August 2018 against Stoke City at Elland Road in a 3-1 win, his first competitive game for the club in almost seven months.
The following week he scored his second goal for the club in a 4-1 win against Derby County on 11 August 2018 and, after scoring against Norwich City on 25 August, his third goal in five games, Klich was named in the Poland squad again for the first time in four years after impressing for Leeds at the beginning of the 2018-19 season.
The goal came in a match against Aston Villa during a 1-1 draw, when Jonathan Kodjia remained on the ground with an injury.
Teammate Tyler Roberts passed the ball to Klich who took it up the left wing and put the ball into the far corner past Jed Steer.
The goal - the first of the game - sparked pandemonium, with Villa's Conor Hourihane, Ahmed Elmohamady, Neil Taylor and Leeds' Patrick Bamford caught up in a fracas with Klich at its centre, which involved several additional players from both sides and was eventually broken up by referee Stuart Attwell, Elland Road stewards and other players.
On 28 April, he won both the Leeds United Goal of the Season award at the club's annual ceremony for his goal against Sheffield Wednesday.
On 5 May 2019, Klich scored his 10th goal of the season in a 3-2 defeat against Ipswich Town.
During the 2018-19 Leeds United F.C. season, Klich played 50 games in all competitions, scoring 10 goals and nine assists, being the club's only ever-present player for the League season, after Leeds finished the regular season in third place after dropping out of the automatic promotion places with three games left after a defeat to 10 man Wigan Athletic on 19 April.
Leeds qualified for the playoffs, including Klich starting the playoff fixtures against sixth-placed Derby County, despite Leeds taking a 1-0 win at Pride Park into the home leg at Elland Road, Leeds lost 4-2 in an encounter that saw Dallas score a brace in the second leg, with Leeds down to 10 men after the red card of Gaetano Berardi, and saw Derby progress to the final against Aston Villa.
Klich scored his first goal of the 2019-20 season on 13 August in the EFL Cup against Salford City to help earn a 3-0 victory.
He scored his second goal of the season in Leeds 2-0 win against Barnsley on 15 September 2019.
On 9 November 2019, Klich signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with Leeds.
On 30 November, Klich scored two goals in a 4-0 victory against Middlesbrough.
On 19 December, Klich won the EFL Championship Goal of the Month for November for his long range strike against Middlesbrough.
After the English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, the season was resumed during June, where Klich earned promotion with Leeds to the Premier League and also become the EFL Championship Champions for the 2019-20 season in July after the successful resumption of the season.
Klich made his Premier League debut in the first match of the season against Liverpool on 12 September 2020, scoring his side's third goal in an enthralling 4-3 defeat to the reigning champions.
He scored again and provided an assist in Leeds' second game of the season, a 4-3 win at home against fellow newly promoted side Fulham.
Klich made his debut for the national team of Poland on 5 June 2011 in a friendly match against Argentina.
He scored his first goal in national team in the friendly game against Denmark on 14 August 2013.
On 27 August 2018, Klich was named in Poland team by manager Jerzy Brzęczek for matches with Italy and Republic of Ireland after a four-year absence from the Poland national side, with Klich impressing for Leeds after scoring 3 goals and 1 assist in the first 5 games of the 2018-19 season.
On 7 September, Klich started for Poland in their UEFA Nations League 1-1 draw against Italy, with Klich having an involvement in the opening goal for Piotr Zieliński.
On 11 September, he came off the bench in a friendly against Republic of Ireland to score an 87th-minute equalizer, his second national team goal to date.
His father is Wojciech Klich, who was also a professional footballer, playing 84 matches in the Polish first division, and currently works as a youth coach at Cracovia.
On 6th November 2018, Klich's partner gave birth to his first child, Laura.
Leeds United's fans terrace song for Klich '40 Yards or 50 yards' is a reworked version of the song Rotterdam by The Beautiful South.
Wolfsburg paid €1.5 million for Klich, making him the most valuable player in Cracovia's club history.
Klich was sent on loan to Dutch club PEC Zwolle for half a season before making the transfer permanent for a fee reported as €200,000, with Wolfsburg securing a repurchase option.
In June 2014 Wolfsburg exercised their repurchase option for Klich.
After an initial bid was rejected, on 23 June 2017, Klich signed a three-year deal with English club Leeds United for an undisclosed fee.
On 9 August, he made his first-team debut in a 4-1 League Cup victory against Port Vale, and his League debut 10 days later in a 2-0 win against Sunderland.
His first and only League start for the season came on 26 September 2017, in the defeat against Cardiff City with Klich slipping and losing possession leading to a goal from Kenneth Zohore.
Klich revealed that he felt his unfortunate slip led to him being dropped by the then manager Thomas Christiansen.
On 22 January 2018, Klich joined Dutch club FC Utrecht on a six-month loan from Leeds United until the end of the 2017-18 season.
On 22 January 2018, Klich was sent on loan at FC Utrecht until the end of the season.
On 4 February 2018, Klich made his debut in a 2-2 draw against Excelsior.
On 29 April 2018, in Utrecht's 2-2 draw against Heracles Almelo, Klich according to Opta Stats created 11 chances and gained an assist and man of the match award in the match; the chance creation by Klich was the highest number of chances created in a single Eredivisie match since Christian Eriksen for Ajax in 2012 against Roda JC. On 6 May 2018, on the final day of the season, Klich scored the winner for Utrecht in a 1-0 victory against VVV-Venlo.
Klich impressed for Utrecht during the loan spell and helped them finish 5th and into the Eredivisie Europa League playoffs.
After returning to Leeds for the start of pre-season under new Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa, Klich made his first appearance back at Leeds in the pre-season friendly 1-1 draw against York City on 20 July 2018, where he played in a new centre-back role before reverting to a deep-lying playmaker position in the second half.
He scored his first league goal for Leeds in the opening game of the 2018-19 season on 5 August 2018 against Stoke City at Elland Road in a 3-1 win, his first competitive game for the club in almost seven months.
The following week he scored his second goal for the club in a 4-1 win against Derby County on 11 August 2018 and, after scoring against Norwich City on 25 August, his third goal in five games, Klich was named in the Poland squad again for the first time in four years after impressing for Leeds at the beginning of the 2018-19 season.
The goal came in a match against Aston Villa during a 1-1 draw, when Jonathan Kodjia remained on the ground with an injury.
Teammate Tyler Roberts passed the ball to Klich who took it up the left wing and put the ball into the far corner past Jed Steer.
The goal - the first of the game - sparked pandemonium, with Villa's Conor Hourihane, Ahmed Elmohamady, Neil Taylor and Leeds' Patrick Bamford caught up in a fracas with Klich at its centre, which involved several additional players from both sides and was eventually broken up by referee Stuart Attwell, Elland Road stewards and other players.
On 28 April, he won both the Leeds United Goal of the Season award at the club's annual ceremony for his goal against Sheffield Wednesday.
On 5 May 2019, Klich scored his 10th goal of the season in a 3-2 defeat against Ipswich Town.
During the 2018-19 Leeds United F.C. season, Klich played 50 games in all competitions, scoring 10 goals and nine assists, being the club's only ever-present player for the League season, after Leeds finished the regular season in third place after dropping out of the automatic promotion places with three games left after a defeat to 10 man Wigan Athletic on 19 April.
Leeds qualified for the playoffs, including Klich starting the playoff fixtures against sixth-placed Derby County, despite Leeds taking a 1-0 win at Pride Park into the home leg at Elland Road, Leeds lost 4-2 in an encounter that saw Dallas score a brace in the second leg, with Leeds down to 10 men after the red card of Gaetano Berardi, and saw Derby progress to the final against Aston Villa.
Klich scored his first goal of the 2019-20 season on 13 August in the EFL Cup against Salford City to help earn a 3-0 victory.
He scored his second goal of the season in Leeds 2-0 win against Barnsley on 15 September 2019.
On 9 November 2019, Klich signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with Leeds.
On 30 November, Klich scored two goals in a 4-0 victory against Middlesbrough.
On 19 December, Klich won the EFL Championship Goal of the Month for November for his long range strike against Middlesbrough.
After the English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, the season was resumed during June, where Klich earned promotion with Leeds to the Premier League and also become the EFL Championship Champions for the 2019-20 season in July after the successful resumption of the season.
Klich made his Premier League debut in the first match of the season against Liverpool on 12 September 2020, scoring his side's third goal in an enthralling 4-3 defeat to the reigning champions.
He scored again and provided an assist in Leeds' second game of the season, a 4-3 win at home against fellow newly promoted side Fulham.
Klich made his debut for the national team of Poland on 5 June 2011 in a friendly match against Argentina.
He scored his first goal in national team in the friendly game against Denmark on 14 August 2013.
On 27 August 2018, Klich was named in Poland team by manager Jerzy Brzęczek for matches with Italy and Republic of Ireland after a four-year absence from the Poland national side, with Klich impressing for Leeds after scoring 3 goals and 1 assist in the first 5 games of the 2018-19 season.
On 7 September, Klich started for Poland in their UEFA Nations League 1-1 draw against Italy, with Klich having an involvement in the opening goal for Piotr Zieliński.
On 11 September, he came off the bench in a friendly against Republic of Ireland to score an 87th-minute equalizer, his second national team goal to date.
His father is Wojciech Klich, who was also a professional footballer, playing 84 matches in the Polish first division, and currently works as a youth coach at Cracovia.
On 6th November 2018, Klich's partner gave birth to his first child, Laura.
Leeds United's fans terrace song for Klich '40 Yards or 50 yards' is a reworked version of the song Rotterdam by The Beautiful South.
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