Mateusz Bąk

Lechia Gdańsk

A trainee of Jantar Pruszcz Gdański and Lechia Gdańsk, Bąk joined the Lechia first team in 2001. In 1998, Lechia formed a merger with Polonia Gdańsk to create Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk. After three unsuccessful years, Lechia wished to play football again independently which resulted in them having to re-start in the regional divisions of the sixth tier. For an 18-year-old Bąk, this offered a chance for consistent playing time with the football team he grew up supporting. In his first season, Bąk played 22 times for Lechia, including scoring the final goal in the 15–0 win over LKS Waplewo from the penalty spot in stoppage time. In his first four seasons, Lechia achieved four promotions, winning each of the leagues along the way. By this point Lechia had reached the II liga, the second tier in Polish football at the time. After finishes of 10th and 5th the following two seasons, Lechia achieved promotion by winning the league in 2008. In his first season in Ekstraklasa, Bąk appeared in 12 league games, making 7 appearances in the first half of the following season as the second choice goalkeeper. To supporters, Bąk become the symbol of a "new" Lechia Gdańsk due to him being the only player to stay with the team from the sixth tier right up to the first division.

Portugal, Poland and Bulgaria

After losing his place in the first team, Bąk moved to Portuguese side Marítimo on loan for the second half of the season, with an option to make the move…

Lechia Gdańsk

II liga: 2007–08 III liga (group II): 2004–05 IV liga (Pomerania): 2003–04 Liga okręgowa (group Gdańsk II): 2002–03 Klasa A (group Gdańsk IV): 2001–02