Brian Galach (born 16 May 2001) is a Polish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for Podlasie Biała Podlaska, on loan from
Wisła Płock II.
Early and personal life
Galach was born in Poland,
and attended
Chingford Foundation School
Chingford Foundation School is a coeducational state secondary school and sixth form located in Chingford in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is a specialist Humanities College and has been an academy since October 2012.
History
Chingfor ...
.
Club career
Crawley Town
After spending time with
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profes ...
(who he joined at under-9 level
) and
Aldershot Town
Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...
, Galach signed for
Crawley Town
Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team com ...
in June 2018.
On 4 September 2018, Galach made his Crawley debut during their
EFL Trophy
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group-stage tie against
Tottenham Hotspur U23s.
On 17 November 2018, Galach joined
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
side
Burgess Hill Town on a short-term loan, where he made 6 appearances and scored one goal.
He made his league debut for Crawley in the final match of the
2018–19 season as a stoppage time substitute in a 3-1
League Two
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victory over
Tranmere Rovers
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on 4 May 2019. On 3 January 2020, Galach joined
Billericay Town
Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three oc ...
on a one-month loan. On 4 February 2020, his loan was extended to the end of February. He played 6 times for them without scoring.
He scored his first goals for Crawley on 10 November 2020 when he scored twice in an
EFL Trophy
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group game against
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professio ...
. He left Crawley on 11 February 2021 after his contract was mutually terminated, having scored twice in eight matches in all competitions during his spell at the club.
Wisla Płock
On 16 February 2021, he signed for
the reserve team of Wisła Płock on a contract until the end of the season. In July 2021, he moved on loan to
Stomil Olsztyn
Stomil Olsztyn S.A., historically known and played under the names OKS 1945 Olsztyn and OKS Stomil Olsztyn, is a Polish football club based in Olsztyn. It was founded on 15 July 1945 as OKS Warmiak. The brightest era of this club was the 1990s ...
.
On 21 July 2022, he joined
III liga
III liga (Trzecia liga) 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 referred to a league at the third tier (now called II liga) but this was ...
side Podlasie Biała Podlaska on a one-year loan.
International career
In October 2015, Galach was called up to a training camp by the Poland under-15 national team.
Career statistics
References
2001 births
Living people
Polish footballers
Leyton Orient F.C. players
Aldershot Town F.C. players
Crawley Town F.C. players
Burgess Hill Town F.C. players
Billericay Town F.C. players
Wisła Płock players
OKS Stomil Olsztyn players
English Football League players
IV liga players
I liga players
Association football forwards
Polish expatriate footballers
Polish expatriates in England
Expatriate footballers in England
Poland youth international footballers
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