Bartosz Borkowski (born 4 May 2006) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

club

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

Career

Born in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

, Borkowski progressed through a variety of youth teams in the city. He started with AP Lechia Gdańsk, spending three years with the club, before moving to Jaguar Gdańsk for the same amount of time. In 2019, he moved away from Gdańsk, joining

Zagłębie Lubin Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa. History The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by lo ...

in western Poland, however he only spent 6 months with Zagłębie before returning to Gdańsk and joining the academy of

. During his time in the Lechia academy, he played for the Lechia II team, appearing in three matches and scoring two goals. After the 2021–22 season, the reserves team was disbanded and Borkowski returned to the academy. In March 2023, Borkowski signed his first professional contract and started training with the first team. Lechia suffered relegation at the end of the

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, and many of the teams first teams players left, Borkowski was provided his first appearance for the senior squad during the first game of the 2023–24 campaign. With Lechia not having been able to replace most of their departing players in time for the season opener, Borkowski and three other academy graduates made their professional debuts, with Borkowski coming off the bench on 22 July 2023 against

Chrobry Głogów Chrobry Głogów () is a Polish football club based in Głogów, Poland. It was founded in 1946. The team's official colors are blue, orange, black and green. Chrobry currently competes in I liga, the second tier of Polish league football. The cl ...

. On 28 February 2024, Borkowski signed a new contract tying him with Lechia until the end of 2026 and was immediately loaned to

III liga III liga (Trzecia liga), currently named Betclic III liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga ref ...

side Gedania Gdańsk until the end of the season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Borkowski, Bartosz 2006 births Living people Footballers from Gdańsk Footballers from Pomeranian Voivodeship Men's association football forwards Polish men's footballers Poland men's youth international footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Gedania 1922 Gdańsk players I liga players III liga players IV liga players 21st-century Polish sportsmen